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English Dictionary: antecedence	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antecedence n preceding in time [syn: priority, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precedence, precedency] Antonym(s): posteriority, subsequence, subsequentness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Antecedence \An`te*ced"ence\, n. 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.