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antecedent
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antecedent
(encz) | antecedent,předchůdce Josef Kosek |
Antecedent
(gcide) | Antecedent \An`te*ced"ent\, a. [L. antecedens, -entis, p. pr. of
antecedere: cf. F. ant['e]c['e]dent.]
1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an
event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
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2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
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Syn: Prior; previous; foregoing.
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Antecedent
(gcide) | Antecedent \An`te*ced"ent\, n. [Cf. F. ant['e]c['e]dent.]
1. That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
--South.
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The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric
language, has surely its antecedents. --Max Miller.
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2. One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.]
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My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. --Massinger.
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3. pl. The earlier events of one's life; previous principles,
conduct, course, history. --J. H. Newman.
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If the troops . . . prove worthy of their
antecedents, the victory is surely ours. --Gen. G.
McClellan.
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4. (Gram.) 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.
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5. (Logic)
(a) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical
proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must
move.
(b) The first of the two propositions which constitute an
enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is
mortal; therefore the king must die.
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6. (Math.) 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.
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antecedent
(wn) | antecedent
adj 1: preceding in time or order [ant: subsequent]
n 1: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more
remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant,
ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant,
descendent]
2: a preceding occurrence or cause or event
3: anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology
was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" [syn: antecedent,
forerunner]
4: the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is
referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
ANTECEDENT
(bouvier) | ANTECEDENT. Something that goes before. In the construction of laws,
agreements, and the like, reference is always to be made to the last
antecedent; ad proximun antecedens fiat relatio. But not only the
antecedents but the subsequent clauses of the instrument must be considered:
Ex antecedentibus et consequentibus fit optima interpretatio.
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antecedent
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antecedents
(encz) | antecedents,předci n: pl. Zdeněk Brožantecedents,předchůdci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
plasma thromboplastin antecedent
(encz) | plasma thromboplastin antecedent, n: |
Antecedently
(gcide) | Antecedently \An`te*ced"ent*ly\, adv.
Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as,
antecedently to conversion. --Barrow.
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antecedent
(wn) | antecedent
adj 1: preceding in time or order [ant: subsequent]
n 1: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more
remote than a grandparent) [syn: ancestor, ascendant,
ascendent, antecedent, root] [ant: descendant,
descendent]
2: a preceding occurrence or cause or event
3: anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology
was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" [syn: antecedent,
forerunner]
4: the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is
referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
antecedently
(wn) | antecedently
adv 1: at an earlier time or formerly; "she had previously lived
in Chicago"; "he was previously president of a bank";
"better than anything previously proposed"; "a previously
unquestioned attitude"; "antecedently arranged" [syn:
previously, antecedently] |
plasma thromboplastin antecedent
(wn) | plasma thromboplastin antecedent
n 1: coagulation factor whose deficiency results in a
hemorrhagic tendency [syn: {plasma thromboplastin
antecedent}, factor XI] |
ANTECEDENT
(bouvier) | ANTECEDENT. Something that goes before. In the construction of laws,
agreements, and the like, reference is always to be made to the last
antecedent; ad proximun antecedens fiat relatio. But not only the
antecedents but the subsequent clauses of the instrument must be considered:
Ex antecedentibus et consequentibus fit optima interpretatio.
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