LekhoriLekhoriEarlier, either in time or in order.
an antecedent cause
Presumptive.
an antecedent improbability
From Middle English antecedent, borrowed from Old French antecedent, from Latin antecēdēns (“going before”), from antecēdō (“to precede; excel; surpass”).
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A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun or other pro-form.
[W]hereas it might seem orderly that, as who is appropriated to persons, so that should have been appropriated to things […] the antecedent of that is often personal