English
Adjective
precedented (comparative more precedented, superlative most precedented)
- (rare, chiefly law) Having a precedent; not novel
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1905, George Pierce Baker & Henry Barrett Huntington, The Principles of Argumentation, page 660:- We have a right to take any method that is legal and is precedented.
Verb
precedented
- (rare) simple past tense and past participle of precedent
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2005, America The Book, “So You Want To Be A Precedent”, in (Please provide the title of the work), page 92:- "Is 'precedented' even a word?" you may ask. Well, it is now, Noah-****-Webster. I just precedented it.
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