# precedented

Pronunciation: say "PRES-i-duhnt-id" /ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt.ɪd/

## Adjective

1. Backed up by an earlier case or example, and therefore not new or unusual. *(rare)*
   - Simple: Already done or seen before, so it is not new.
   - _The court found the appeal precedented and cited a ruling from the previous decade._
   - _What seemed like a bold strategy was in fact thoroughly precedented in industry practice._

## Verb

2. Simple past tense and past participle of precedent. *(rare)* — simple past and past participle of precedent
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of precedent. This verb is rare.

## Origin

Recorded from around 1650, formed from "precedent" plus the suffix "-ed," and possibly a back-formation from "unprecedented."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/precedented (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).