precedaneously

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adverb

In a precedaneous manner; precedingly; antecedently.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

adverbprecedaneously (comparative more precedaneously, superlative most precedaneously)

comparative more precedaneously · superlative most precedaneously

  1. obsoleteIn a precedaneous manner; precedingly; antecedently.

    For it is necessary that he who is adorned by the cathartic virtues, should abstain from doing any thing precedaneously in conjunction with body.

    1823, Porphyrius (the philosopher), Select Works of Porphyry, page 217
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    Aristotle however says, that the soul moves itself as with a lever not precedaneously, but according to accident : for it precedaneously moves the body...

    1806, Aristotle, Works - Volume 1, page 478

    Hence we have shown in our treatise On Families, that a life accompanied by wedlock is to be precedaneously chosen by the wise man; but a single life is not to...

    2015, Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Hierocles Marcus Aurelius, Stoic Six Pack 2, page 155

Origin

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Chicago

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