| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A person from whom one is descended: antecedent, ascendant, father, forebear, forefather, foremother, mother, parent, progenitor. Archaic : predecessor. See KIN, PRECEDE. 2. One that precedes, as in time: antecedent, forerunner, precursor, predecessor, progenitor. See PRECEDE.
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