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precedented

precedented adjective: having a precedent; not novel. Also the simple past and past participle of precedent.

Adjective

precedented (comparative more precedented, superlative most precedented)

  1. (rare) Having a precedent; not novel
    • We have a right to take any method that is legal and is precedented.1905, George Pierce Baker, Henry Barrett Huntington, The Principles of Argumentation, page 660

Also used as

precedented is also the simple past and past participle of precedent.

Forms of precedented

comparativemore precedented
superlativemost precedented

Origin of precedented

c. 1650 precedent + -ed, possibly a back-formation from unprecedented.

Questions about precedented

What does precedented mean?
Precedented means having a precedent; not novel.
What part of speech is precedented?
Precedented is an adjective.

Words near precedented in the dictionary

  1. precedencies
  2. precedency
  3. precedent
  4. precedental
  5. precedentary
  6. precedented
  7. precedential
  8. precedential law
  9. precedentially
  10. precedenting
  11. precedentless

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