Antecedents
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noun.
Plural form of
antecedent
.
Word Usage
"_Subduct from any phenomenon such part as previous inductions have shown to be the effect of certain antecedents, and the residue of the phenomenon is the effect of the remaining antecedents_."
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
decedents
precedents