These are the meanings of the letters ANTECEDENTAL when you unscramble them.
- Antecedent (a.)
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
- Antecedent (a.)
Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
- Antecedent (n.)
One who precedes or goes in front.
- Antecedent (n.)
That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
- Antecedent (n.)
The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
- 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.
- 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.
- Antecedent (n.)
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
- 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.
- Attendance (v. t.)
Attention; regard; careful application.
- Attendance (v. t.)
The act of attending; state of being in waiting; service; ministry; the fact of being present; presence.
- Attendance (v. t.)
The persons attending; a retinue; attendants.
- Attendance (v. t.)
Waiting for; expectation.