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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Logic)

A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.

Chambers.

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.

antepredicament ‎(plural antepredicaments)

(logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.
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prerequisite to a clear understanding of a predicament