anteact
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
anteact (plural anteacts)
- (obsolete, rare) A preceding act (deed or action).
- 1620 November 10, Francis Bacon, speech in Star Chamber[1]:
- his authority was to be guided by precedent and anteacts: therefore erring upon a warrant, this aggravates the fault.
Translations edit
preceding act
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References edit
- “anteact”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.