- Antecedent - Case in point - Past instance as example - Previous example - Previous instance - Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as,
precedent services. - Something done or said that may serve as an example to
authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
- Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. - Previous; antecedent. - Anticipating the usual time; -- applied to a
periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every
repetition.