"Alternately" is a word in ENGLISH

One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent.

Antecedent; preceding in time.

To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.

An apparent motion of a planet toward the west; retrogradation.

The act or state of going before in time; precedence.

The state or condition of being antecedent; priority.

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.

The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence \"Solomon was the prince who built the temple,\" prince …

One who precedes or goes in front.

That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.

The first of the two propositions which constitute an enthymeme or contracted syllogism; as, Every man is mortal; therefore the …

The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. …

Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

Previously; before in time; at a time preceding; as, antecedently to conversion.

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

Before in time; antecedent.

The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

The antecedent of a pronoun.