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Precede v. t. (past & past part. preceded; pres. part. preceding)

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

To go before in place, rank, or importance.

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."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... the conditions of efficient administration. Areas too cramped and areas that overlap spell waste and conflicting authorities, and premature municipalization in such areas will lead only to the final triumph of the private company. Political efficiency must precede Socialism. [Footnote: See Appendix I. ] But there can be no doubt that the spectacle of irresponsible property is a terribly demoralizing force in the development of each generation. It is idle to deny that ...

— Mankind in the Making • H. G. Wells

... "not" when forming part of a sentence, and "no" when used as an answer to a question, is "ne". When used as a sentence-negative, it usually immediately precedes the verb. For emphatic negation of some other word than the verb, "ne" may precede that word: ...

— A Complete Grammar of Esperanto • Ivy Kellerman

... death, I discovered that he had prefaced Sister Helen with a note written in pencil, of which he had given me the substance in conversation about the time of the publication of the altered version, but which he abandoned while passing the book through the press. The note (evidently designed to precede the ballad) runs: ...

— Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti - 1883 • T. Hall Caine

... all taken along. As they proceeded down the river, Boone proposed the plan of operations which was to guide their conduct in the chase, and each man was eager to perform his part, whatever it might be. It was arranged that a portion of the company should precede the rest, and cross the level woodland about two miles in width, to a range of hills and perpendicular cliffs that appeared to have once bounded the river, and select such ravines or outlets as in their opinion the bear would be most likely ...

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... to the execution of this office of high priest was the sacrifice itself. The sacrifice, you know, must, as to the being of it, needs precede the offering of it; it must be before it can be offered. Nor could Christ have been an high priest, had he not had a sacrifice to offer. 'For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices; wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

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