anteˈceding,ppl.a. ? Obs. [f. antecede + -ing2.] Going before, preceding; antecedent. a1619M. Fotherby Atheom.Pref. 21 Both in the anteceding and succeeding passages.1678Cudworth Intell.Syst. 711 Such things..are [not] caused by things Natural Anteceding, but by some supernatural Power.