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  • 61ancestor — [n] predecessor in family antecedent, antecessor, ascendant, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, founder, precursor, primogenitor, progenitor; concept 414 Ant. descendant …

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  • 62ancestry — [n] family predecessors; family history ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, blood, breed, breeding, derivation, descent, extraction, forebear, forefather, foregoer, foremother, forerunner, genealogy, heritage, house, kindred, line, lineage, origin …

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  • 63precursor — [n1] something that indicates outcome or event beforehand forerunner, harbinger, herald, messenger, outrider, usher, vanguard; concepts 70,278 precursor [n2] something that precedes another ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer,… …

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  • 64predecessor — [n] something, someone that comes before ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, forebear, foregoer, forerunner, former, precursor, previous, prior, prototype; concepts 414,828 Ant. derivative, descendant, successor …

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  • 65forego — 1. v.tr. & intr. ( goes; past went; past part. gone) precede in place or time. Derivatives: foregoer n. Etymology: OE foregan 2. foregoing adj. preceding; previously mentioned …

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  • 66fore|gang|er — «FR GANG uhr, FOHR », noun. a short piece of rope connecting the towline with the shank of a whaling harpoon; foregoer …

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