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antecedents

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an·te·ce·dent  (nt-sdnt)
adj.
Going before; preceding.
n.
1. One that precedes another.
2.
a. A preceding occurrence, cause, or event. See Synonyms at cause.
b. antecedents The important events and occurrences in one's early life.
3. antecedents One's ancestors.
4. Grammar The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to, as the children in The teacher asked the children where they were going.
5. Mathematics The first term of a ratio.
6. Logic The conditional member of a hypothetical proposition.
ante·cedent·ly adv.
antecedents [ˌæntɪˈsiːdənts]
pl n
1. ancestry
2. a person's past history


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Thus every event has many nearly invariable antecedents, and therefore many antecedents which may be called its cause.
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] Such a birth requires, as its antecedents, not only a series of carefully arranged intermarriages, but also a long, continued exercise of frugality and self-control on the part of the would-be ancestors of the coming Equilateral, and a patient, systematic, and continuous development of the Isosceles intellect through many generations.
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Nothing peculiar about her family antecedents, is there?
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