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antecedent n. [
ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, root] someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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antecedent n. a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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antecedent a. preceding in time or order
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antecedent n. [
forerunner] anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
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antecedent n. the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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