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