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Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause. After I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. Matt. xxvi. 32.

opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale.

To yield assent; to accede; -- followed by to; as, to agree to an offer, or to opinion.

To own or acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion; as, to allow a right; to allow a claim; to allow the truth of a proposition. I allow, with Mrs. Grundy and most moralists, that Miss Newcome's conduct . . . was highly reprehensible. Thackeray.

A usage, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

By alternation; when, in a proportion, the antecedent term is compared with antecedent, and consequent.

Antecedent; preceding in time. "Capable of antecedaneous proof." Barrow.

A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

A number that precedes another. [R.] Bacon.

Before in time; antecedent. Antigonus, who was anterior to Polybius. Sir G. C. Lewis.

One who seceded from the Burghers (1747), deeming it improper to take the Burgess oath.

enier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.

An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; -- opposed to descendant. Ayliffe.

A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent.

To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.

A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners.

An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students. [Eng.]

One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural. Their betters would hardly be found. Hooker. For the better, in the way of improvement; so as to produce improvement. "If I have altered him anywhere for the better." Dryden.

of euchre and some other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.