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er follows or comes after, in any office or position. A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor had been over the interests of the state. Prescott.

A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.] Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . . were his ancients. Hooker.

One who goes before; a predecessor. The successor seldom prosecuting his antecessor's devices. Sir E. Sandys.

From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line. A ring the county wears, That downward hath descended in his house, From son to son, some four or five descents. Shak.

An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor. Carry your head as your elders have done. L'Estrange.

One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor' a progenitor.

A predecessor; an ancestor. [Obs.] Shak.

vey. The foremost minds of the next . . . era were not, in power of grasp, equal to their predecessors. Z. Taylor.

f a sail. Totten. To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. -- To hand over, to yield co…

Jehovah. See Elohist. The characteristic manner of the Jehovist differs from that of his predecessor [the Elohist]. He is fuller and freer in his descriptions; more reflective in his assignment of motives and causes; more artificial in mode of narration. S. Davidson.

A predecessor. [Obs.] Fuller.

One who reigns before another; a sovereign predecessor. [R.] Warner.

cts are regarded as unstable elements, each with an atomic weight a little lower than its predecessor. It is possible that lead is the stable end product. At the same time the light gas helium is formed; it probably consists of the expelled alpha particles. The heat effect mentioned above is ascribed to the impacts of…

a newly elected official, as the governor of a province, to examine into the conduct of a predecessor.

A game similar to whist, and the predecessor of it. Nares.

The power or right of succeeding to the station or title of a father or other predecessor; the right to enter upon the office, rank, position, etc., held ny another; also, the entrance into the office, station, or rank of a predecessor; specifically, the succeeding, or right of succeeding, to a throne. You have the voi…

place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Chaucer. A gift to a corporation, either of lands or of chattels, without naming their successors, vests an absolute property in them so lond as the corporation subsists. Blacksto…