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precedenting

precedenting is the present participle and gerund of precedent.

Meaning of precedent

Verb

precedent (third-person singular simple present precedents, present participle precedenting, simple past and past participle precedented)

  1. (transitive) To provide precedents for.
  2. (transitive) To be a precedent for.

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Questions about precedenting

What is precedenting the present participle and gerund of?
Precedenting is the present participle and gerund of precedent.

Words near precedenting in the dictionary

  1. precedentary
  2. precedented
  3. precedential
  4. precedential law
  5. precedentially
  6. precedenting
  7. precedentless
  8. precedently
  9. precedents
  10. preceder
  11. preceders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precedenting (page history and authors); precedent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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