Associations to the word «Antecedence»
Wiktionary
ANTECEDENCE, noun. The act of preceding in time or order.
ANTECEDENCE, noun. (astronomy) An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.
ANTECEDENCE, noun. (geology) A geologic process that explain how and why antecedent rivers can cut through mountain systems instead of going around them.
Dictionary definition
ANTECEDENCE, noun. Preceding in time.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.