| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A person from whom one is descended: ancestor, ascendant, father, forebear, forefather, foremother, mother, parent, progenitor. Archaic : predecessor. See KIN, PRECEDE. 2. One that precedes, as in time: ancestor, forerunner, precursor, predecessor, progenitor. See PRECEDE. 3. That which produces an effect: cause, occasion. See START. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Going before: advance, anterior, earlier, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See PRECEDE. 2. Just gone by or elapsed: anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, past, precedent, preceding, previous, prior. See TIME.
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