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Webster 1913 Edition
Antecedence
Anˊte-ced′ence
,Noun.
1.
The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
H. Spenser.
2.
(Astron.)
An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
Webster 1828 Edition
Antecedence
ANTECE'DENCE
,Noun.