Difference between revisions of "Antecedent"
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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (n.) One who precedes or goes in front. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die. </p> <p> '''(9):''' (n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:44, 13 October 2021
Antecedent [1]
(1): (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
(2): (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
(3): (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
(4): (n.) The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
(5): (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
(6): (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.
(7): (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
(8): (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
(9): (n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
