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predecessors

[pred-uh-ses-er, pred-uh-ses-er or, especially Brit., pree-duh-ses-er]

noun

a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.

something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor.

Archaic. an ancestor; forefather.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English predecessour < Anglo-French < Late Latin praedēcessor, equivalent to Latin prae- pre- + dēcessor retiring official, itself equivalent to dēced-, variant stem of dēcēdere to withdraw (dē- de- + cēdere to yield; see cede) + -tor -tor, with dt > ss

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Predecessors is always a great word to know.

So is ort. Does it mean:

a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.