† antecedaneouslyadv.
Obsolete.
= antecedently adv. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adverb]
erea900
beforeeOE
forec1000
toforec1175
therebeforec1200
toforehand1258
forne toc1275
orc1275
andersitha1300
alreadyc1300
rather?1316
beforehandc1330
erstc1330
aforec1350
theretoforea1375
aforehanda1387
forthwitha1400
forwitha1400
or?a1400
ereward14..
toforetimec1400
aforetimes1429
aforetime1433
afore seasons1463
heretoforetime1481
forouth1487
aforrow?a1513
beforrow1568
paravant1590
antecedently1593
formerly1596
precedently1611
preveniently1633
preallably1652
previously1655
precedaneously1657
somewhiles1657
antecedaneously1661
aft1674
prior1675
anteriorly1681
antecedent1690
previous1712
priorly1742
1661 R. McWard Serm. in R. Wodrow Hist. Sufferings Church of Scotl. (1721) I. i. ii. 82 The Matter..hath an objective Obligation in it, and did morally oblige antecedaneously to all Oaths taken.
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. 51 Those more special kinds of beings to be treated of Antecedaneously to the Predicaments.
1686 J. Norris in Theory & Regulation Love (1688) 234 Neither is this latter..made onely Practical by being put into Practice, but is so Antecedaneously.
1706 J. Hussey Glory Christ Unveil'd xxvii. 565 Sheep..are openly brought in..antecedaneously to all Believing, and before there is any visible Appearance of their Believing and Obeying Christ.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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