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  • 71fore — [adv] in the front ahead, ante*, antecedently, before, beforehand, forward, in advance, near, nearest, precedently, previous; concepts 585,820 Ant. aft, back …

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  • 72forward — [adj1] advancing, early ahead, forth, forward looking, in advance, leading, onward, precocious, premature, progressing, progressive, propulsive, well developed; concept 528 Ant. backward, later, past, reversing forward [adj2] in front, first… …

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  • 73previously — [adv] earlier ahead, already, ante, antecedently, at one time, away back, a while ago, back, back when, before, beforehand, erstwhile, fore, formerly, forward, heretofore, hitherto, in advance, in anticipation, in days gone by, in the past, long… …

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  • 74determinism —    Determinism concerning human beings is the thesis that every action performed by a human is determined, that is, antecedently caused or fixed, by something else. The something else might be another agent, one s genes, one s upbringing, a prior …

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  • 75right — As a noun, and taken in an abstract sense, means justice, ethical correctness, or consonance with the rules of law or the principles of morals. In this signification it answers to one meaning of the Latin jus, and serves to indicate law in the… …

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  • 76revocation of will — The annulment of a will, making it speak for nought in whole or in part, by a clause in a later valid will by an inconsistent disposition of property in a later valid will or codicil, or by tearing, cutting, burning, obliterating, erasing and… …

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  • 77antecedent — [an΄tə sēd′ nt] adj. [ME & OFr < L antecedens, prp. of antecedere, ANTECEDE] going or coming before in time, order, or logic; prior; previous; preceding n. 1. any happening or thing prior to another 2. anything logically preceding 3. [pl.] one …

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  • 78antecedent — n. & adj. n. 1 a preceding thing or circumstance. 2 Gram. a word, phrase, clause, or sentence, to which another word (esp. a relative pronoun, usu. following) refers. 3 (in pl.) past history, esp. of a person. 4 Logic the statement contained in… …

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