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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Preceding; antecedent; previous.

[Obs.]

Hammond.

Adj.

[form precede, L. proecedo.]

Preceding; antecedent; anterior. [Not used.]

precedaneous ‎(not comparable)

(obsolete) preceding; antecedent; previous
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