Word Meanings - PRECEDENT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. Shak. "A precedent injury." Bacon. Condition precedent , a condition which precede the vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PRECEDENT)

• Afore
• Precedent
• antecedent
• foregoing
• ahead
• afront
• before
• beyond
• sooner
• Anterior
• Prior
• previous
• precursive
• precedent
• earlier
• Introductory
• preliminary
• former
• Pattern
• Model
• sample
• archetype
• exemplar
• specimen
• shape
• mould
• design
• plan

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PRECEDENT)

• Pervert
• distort
• misadapt
• misdelineate
• derange
• discompose
• misconstrue
• misproduce
• caricature

Related words: (words related to PRECEDENT)

• AFOREHAND
  Beforehand; in anticipation. She is come aforehand to anoint my body. Mark xiv. 8.
• DERANGER
  One who deranges.
• ANTERIORITY
  The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.
• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• DERANGEMENT
  The act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity. Syn. -- Disorder; confusion; embarrassment; irregularity; disturbance; insanity;
• ARCHETYPE
  The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted. (more info) 1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed. The House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which
• PRIORSHIP
  The state or office of prior; priorate.
• DERANGED
  Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.
• FORMERLY
  In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
• PREVIOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
• PRECEDENTLY
  Beforehand; antecedently.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• SHAPE
  is from the strong verb, AS. scieppan, scyppan, sceppan, p. p. 1. To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to. I was shapen in iniquity. Ps. li. 5. Grace shaped her limbs, and
• BEFORETIME
  Formerly; aforetime. dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5.
• ANTECEDENT
  1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. 2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing.
• MISCONSTRUER
  One who misconstrues.
• BEYOND
  1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. 2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. 3. Past, out of the reach or
• FOREGO
  1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach,
• DESIGNATOR
  An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
• PRECEDENTED
  Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole.
• DEFORMER
  One who deforms.
• MOLDINESS; MOULDINESS
  The state of being moldy.
• SPINDLE-SHAPED
  Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends; fusiform; -- applied chiefly to roots. (more info) 1. Having the shape of a spindle.
• MOLDER; MOULDER
  One who, or that which, molds or forms into shape; specifically , one skilled in the art of making molds for castings.
• HOOD MOLDING; HOOD MOULDING
  A projecting molding over the head of an arch, forming the outermost member of the archivolt; -- called also hood mold.
• DIAMOND-SHAPED
  Shaped like a diamond or rhombus.
• STRAP-SHAPED
  Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
• MOLD; MOULD
  mulm, OHG. molt, molta, Icel. mold, Dan. muld, Sw. mull, Goth. mulda, prevalent spelling is, perhaps, mould; but as the u has not been inserted in the other words of this class, as bold, gold, old, cold, etc., it seems desirable to complete the
• BED-MOLDING; BED-MOULDING
  The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.
• SUBPRIOR
  The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.