antefact

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noun

Something done before another act.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

nounantefact (plural antefacts)

plural antefacts

  1. obsoleteSomething done before another act.

    Confession was of antefacts

    1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Origin

From ante- + fact.

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Cite this entry
APA

antefact. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antefact

MLA

“antefact.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antefact. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antefact,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antefact.

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