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a preceding occurrence or cause or event
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cause a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
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the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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referent something that refers; a term that refers to another term
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anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"
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temporal relation a relation involving time
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someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
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ancestor,
ascendant,
ascendent,
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descendant,
descendent a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
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relative,
relation an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
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ancestress a woman ancestor
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forbear,
forebear a person from whom you are descended
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forefather,
sire,
father the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
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foremother a woman ancestor
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Adjective
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preceding in time or order
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subsequent following in time or order; "subsequent developments"
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preceding existing or coming before
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prior,
anterior earlier in time
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anticipatory,
prevenient in anticipation
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