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Definition
something that happened previous to something else; or anything that precedes something
- Let us put it down to his deplorable antecedents and education, if you wish.Chapter 7 (54% in)
- Chapter X: Cecil as a Humourist The society out of which Cecil proposed to rescue Lucy was perhaps no very splendid affair, yet it was more splendid than her antecedents entitled her to.Chapter 10 (1% in)
There are no more uses of "antecedent" in A Room With A View.
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