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n someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) n a preceding occurrence or cause or event n anything that precedes something similar in time n the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or c…

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  1. n someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) n a preceding occurrence or cause or event n anything that precedes something similar in time n the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun