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antevenient

antevenient adjective: coming before; preceding.

Adjective

antevenient (not comparable)

  1. (formal) Coming before; preceding.

Origin of antevenient

From Latin [Term?].

Questions about antevenient

What does antevenient mean?
Antevenient means coming before; preceding.
What part of speech is antevenient?
Antevenient is an adjective.

Words near antevenient in the dictionary

  1. antetype
  2. antetypes
  3. antevaginal
  4. antevasin
  5. antevasins
  6. antevenient
  7. anteverbal
  8. anteversion
  9. anteversions
  10. antevert
  11. anteverted

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