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PRECEDENT

prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance

The meaning of the word precedent is prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance.

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oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
devolveto pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
corpulenthaving a large bulky body : obese
spinto draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread
frivolousof little weight or importance
shadecomparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light
engrossto copy or write in a large hand