Definitions
noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
noun
anything that precedes something similar in time
“phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience”
noun
a preceding occurrence or cause or event
adjective
preceding in time or order
noun
the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
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