All 4 Uses of
antecedent
in
The Portrait of a Lady - Volume 1
- I was myself so much more antecedently conscious of my figures than of their setting—a too preliminary, a preferential interest in which struck me as in general such a putting of the cart before the horse.†
Chpt Pref. *
- They're both antecedent to choice—elements of one's composition that are not to be eliminated.†
Chpt 10
- The young lady who trod the turf beside him had come from a queer country across the sea which he knew a good deal about; her antecedents, her associations were very vague to his mind except in so far as they were generic, and in this sense they showed as distinct and unimportant.†
Chpt 12
- Only as a cover for my ignorance; I don't know his antecedents, his family, his origin.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
something that happened previous to something else; or anything that precedes something