predecessive

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

predecessive (not comparable)

1. (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

• deceased
• predecessor

 

References

• “predecessive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.