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Antecede [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To go before in time; to precede.

Antecede [Verb transitive and intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.

Antecedence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act or state of going before in time; precedence. In astronomy, an apparent motion of a planet towards the west, or contrary to the order of the signs.

Antecedence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

2. An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

Antecedency [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

Antecedent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the deluge.

Antecedent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. That which goes before in time; hence in writings, that which precedes in place. In grammar, the noun to which a relative or other substitute refers; as, Solomon was the prince, who built the Temple. In logic, the first of two propositions in an enthymeme, or argument of two propositions; as, if the sun is fixed, the earth must move. Here the first and conditional proposition is the antecedent; the second, the consequent.

2. In mathematics, the first of two terms of a ratio, or that which is compared with the other.

Antecedent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

Antecedent [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

2. One who precedes or goes in front.

3. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.

4. The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.

5. The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.

6. The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.

7. The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.

Antecedently [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Previously; at a time preceding.

Antecedently [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.