precedented

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adjective

Having a precedent; not novel

Opposite
unprecedented
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Meanings

adjectiveprecedented (comparative more precedented, superlative most precedented)

comparative more precedented · superlative most precedented

  1. rarelawHaving 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
verb
  1. participlepastraresimple past and past participle of precedent

    "Is 'precedented' even a word?" you may ask. Well, it is now, Noah-fucking-Webster. I just precedented it.

    2005, Stephen Colbert, “So You Want To Be A Precedent”, in America The Book, page 92

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving or supported or justified by a precedent

Opposite
unprecedented

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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APA

precedented. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precedented

MLA

“precedented.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precedented. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precedented,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precedented.

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