...The antecedent is logically, but not grammatically evident... 
Gustavo Adolfo Becquer 「Legends, Tales and Poems」
...It is necessary, of course, for the reader to know where they did intend going to, and how the intention arose; but before doing this we must deal with some antecedent circumstances...
Various 「Stories by English Authors: Africa」
...Every right must be justifiable in itself, or by some antecedent right; property is no exception...
P. J. Proudhon 「What is Property?」
...A primordial inspiration, a talent antecedent to the actual form, directs the tool instead of being subordinate to it...
J. Henri Fabre 「Bramble-bees and Others」
...Thus, according to one-sidedMaterialism, the matter is antecedent to the living force; according to theequally one-sided view of the Spiritist, it is the reverse...
Ernst Haeckel 「The Evolution of Man」
...Thispractice seems to have taken its rise antecedent to Christianity,as it reminds us of the pagan custom of hanging up offerings in their temples...
Sir James George Frazer 「Balder The Beautiful, Vol. I.」
...We must assume apre-existing state of affairs which has given rise to the observedeffect; we must assume that this observed effect is itself antecedent toa subsequent state of affairs...
E. Walter Maunder 「The Astronomy of the Bible」
...When a man’s title to his estate was disputed, it often happenedthat he had to spend a fortune and waste half a lifetime in protractedlitigation before all the antecedent deeds could be proved correct...
Alexander Sutherland 「History of Australia and New Zealand」
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