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Antecedents N Preceding Events Circumstances Influence Ancestors Early

Word antecedents
Part of Speech N.
Definition preceding events or circumstances that influence what comes later; ancestors or early background.
Sentence Susi Bechhofer's ignorance of her Jewish background had its antecedents in the chaos of World War II.  Smuggled out of Germany and adopted by a Christian family, she knew nothing of her birth and antecedents until she was reunited with her family in 1989.

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