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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca