predecessive
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Adjective
predecessive (not comparable)
- (now rare) Going before; preceding.
- Synonyms: antecedent, precedent
- Antonym: successive
- 1656, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, Philip Massinger, The Old Law:
- our predecessive students
Related terms
References
- “predecessive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.