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predecessory

adj

Etymology

From predecessor + -y.

  1. derived from dēcēdō
  2. derived from dēcessor
  3. derived from prae-
  4. derived from praedēcessor
  5. derived from predecesseor
  6. inherited from predecessour
  7. formed as predecessory — “predecessor + -y”

Definitions

  1. Being or pertaining to a predecessor.

    • Applicant is successor to the Seaboard & Roanoke, through merger and consolidation, and through agreement has assumed obligations of the predecessory company.
    • Writing is filled with predecessory texts, learned and vernacular, wise and foolish, and the process of rhetorical education is largely a process of ...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA