Meanings
adjectivepredecessive (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableGoing before; preceding.
our predecessive students
1656, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, Philip Massinger, The Old LawSynonyms: antecedent, precedent · Antonyms: successive
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Rhymes with predecessive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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predecessive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predecessive
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“predecessive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predecessive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predecessive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predecessive.
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