Definition of precede

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Precede (v. t.) To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

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Turf :: Turf (n.) Race course; horse racing; -- preceded by the.
Forename :: Forename (n.) A name that precedes the family name or surname; a first name.
Preferential :: Preferential (a.) Giving, indicating, or having a preference or precedence; as, a preferential claim; preferential shares..
Context :: Context (n.) The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning..
Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; o
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) One who precedes or goes in front.
Deprive :: Deprive (v. t.) To dispossess; to bereave; to divest; to hinder from possessing; to debar; to shut out from; -- with a remoter object, usually preceded by of..
Premise :: Premise (n.) Matters previously stated or set forth; esp., that part in the beginning of a deed, the office of which is to express the grantor and grantee, and the land or thing granted or conveyed, and all that precedes the habendum; the thing demised or granted..
Precedential :: Precedential (a.) Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions..
Beadle :: Beadle (v.) An officer in a university, who precedes public processions of officers and students..
Signature :: Signature (v. t.) Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph..
Which :: Which (pron.) A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons..
Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, Ic haebbe mete to etanne (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone..
Example :: Example (n.) That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
Prenotion :: Prenotion (n.) A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge.
Idiopathy :: Idiopathy (n.) A morbid state or condition not preceded or occasioned by any other disease; a primary disease.
Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
Sirrah :: Sirrah (n.) A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural..
Determine :: Determine (v. t.) To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course..
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