precedent

n.
1. original from which a copy is made. original draft原件，原稿。
△ R.III.3.6.5:“Eleven hours I have spentto write it over. / For yesternight by Catesby was itsent me; / The precedent was full as long a-doing,/And yet within these five hours Hastings lived，”我花费了十一个小时才把它抄完，因为昨天晚上凯茨比才把它送给我；原稿在写时也完全需要同样长久的时间，然而在五小时以前海斯丁斯还活得好好的。
2. example to be followed先例，前例。
△L.L.L.1.2.122 (117):“some mighty precedent.”一个有力的前例。

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precedent

a. former从前的。
△Ham.3.4.98: “yourprecedent lord.”你的前夫。