ANTEPREDICAMENT

ANTEPREDIC'AMENT, noun [ante and predicament.]A preliminary question in logic to illustrate the doctrine of predicaments and categories; a question which is to be first known.

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An′te‐pre‐dic″a‐ment (�), n. (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms. Chambers.