Definition of precede

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Precede (v. t.) To go before in place, rank, or importance..

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Pupa :: Pupa (n.) Any insect in that stage of its metamorphosis which usually immediately precedes the adult, or imago, stage..
After :: After (prep.) Later in time; subsequent; as, after supper, after three days. It often precedes a clause. Formerly that was interposed between it and the clause..
Against :: Against (prep.) Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over..
Horror :: Horror (n.) A shaking, shivering, or shuddering, as in the cold fit which precedes a fever; in old medical writings, a chill of less severity than a rigor, and more marked than an algor..
Antecede :: Antecede (v. t. & i.) To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
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..
Precursor :: Precursor (n.) One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger..
Precedence :: Precedence (n.) Alt. of Precedenc.
Globe :: Globe (n.) The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article.
Unexampled :: Unexampled (a.) Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled.
Example :: Example (n.) That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Particular :: Particular (a.) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder..
Forefather :: Forefather (n.) One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor..
Forego :: Forego (v. i.) To go before; to precede; -- used especially in the present and past participles.
Destine :: Destine (v. t.) To determine the future condition or application of; to set apart by design for a future use or purpose; to fix, as by destiny or by an authoritative decree; to doom; to ordain or preordain; to appoint; -- often with the remoter object preceded by to or for..
Tilde :: Tilde (n.) The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ?, /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y..
Antecedence :: Antecedence (n.) The act or state of going before in time; precedence.
Fore :: Fore (adv.) In the part that precedes or goes first; -- opposed to aft, after, back, behind, etc..
Either :: Either (conj. Either) precedes two, or more, coordinate words or phrases, and is introductory to an alternative. It is correlative to or..
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