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SayPRES-i-duhnt-id/ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt.ɪd/

2 meanings of precedented

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  1. 1
    adjectiverare
    Already done or seen before, so it is not new.

    Like a path someone has already walked, so you can follow their footprints.

    The change felt risky, but it was actually precedented.

    We have a right to take any method that is legal and is precedented.
    1905, George Pierce Baker, Henry Barrett HuntingtonHere, precedented means backed up by an earlier example, so not new.

    Similarestablished, familiar, customary

    Oppositeunprecedented, novel, unheard-of, new

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  2. 2
    verbrare
    Past tense and past participle of precedent. This verb is rare.
    "Is 'precedented' even a word?" you may ask. Well, it is now, Noah-fucking-Webster. I just precedented it.
    2005, Stephen Colbert, “So You Want To Be A Precedent”Here, precedented is the past tense of precedent, meaning set an example first.
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Origin

From the word "precedent" plus "-ed," first used around 1650. It may have come from the word "unprecedented."