PRECEDE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. "Harm precedes not sin." Milton.

2.
v.

To go before in place, rank, or importance.

3.
v.

To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object. [R.] It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration. Kent.

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