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precedented, ppl. a.|ˈprɛsɪdɛntɪd|
[f. precedent v. or n. + -ed.]
Furnished with or having a precedent; in accordance with or warranted by precedent; paralleled or supported by a similar previous case or occurrence. Usually in predicate: see also precedent v. (Opp. to unprecedented.)
1653A. Wilson Jas. I 175 We..with more alacrity and celerity than ever was precedented in Parliament, did address ourselves to the Service commanded unto Us. 1762H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1765) I. Pref. 5 When one offers to the public the labours of another person, it is allowable and precedented to expatiate in praise of the work. 1809E. S. Barrett Setting Sun II. 65 This prayer is, as we have shewn before, precedented and proper. 1880F. G. Lee Ch. under Q. Eliz. I. 275 Notwithstanding their extraordinary but precedented Oath of Homage. |