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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Antecedence

· An·te·ced·ence · IPA /ænˈtɛsɪdəns/
01 n. The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
  1. 1.
    The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
  2. 2.
    An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.(Astron.)