Definition:(noun) the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun(noun) a preceding occurrence or cause or event (noun) someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (noun) anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an ####### of modern neuroscience" (adjective) preceding in time or order
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