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One who precedes or goes in front.
The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
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.
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
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.
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.
One who goes before; a predecessor.
An ancestor; a progenitor.
A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.
A space viewed as the outer chamber or the entrance to an interior part.
The outer part of the west end of a collegiate or other chapel.
See Ant/cians.
A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.
A forerunner; a precursor.
Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.
Anticipation.
To date before the true time; to assign to an earlier date; thus, to antedate a deed or a bond is to give it a date anterior to the true time of its execution.
To precede in time.
To anticipate; to make before the true time.