Index of English words, starting with "an"

(1) - Antecedence (n.) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
(2) - Antecedence (n.) The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

(1) - Antecedent (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.
(2) - Antecedent (n.) The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the king must die.
(3) - Antecedent (n.) The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
(4) - Antecedent (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) - Antecedent (n.) The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
(6) - Antecedent (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.
(7) - Antecedent (n.) That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
(8) - Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
(9) - Antecedent (a.) Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

(1) - Antecedently (adv.) Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.

(1) - Antecessor (n.) An ancestor; a progenitor.
(2) - Antecessor (n.) One who goes before; a predecessor.