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verb

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."

adjective

Preceding adj.

Going before; opposed to following.

(Astron.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.

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Etymology of 'Preceding'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Preceding" Quotes from Famous Books

... addition to the small provision made for Myrtle Hazard, the property so coming to the estate should all go to her. There was no question about the genuineness and the legal sufficiency of this instrument. Its date was not very long after the preceding one, at a period when, as was well known, he had almost given up the hope of gaining his case, and when the property was of little value compared to that which ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 • Various

... preceding the manifestation of the "Man of Sin," had been characterized by such utterances, and many others infinitely more impious, blasphemous, and senseless. "But after the world by its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through ...

— The Mark of the Beast • Sidney Watson

... sensation was one of immeasurable relief. He had not been murdered. Robbery was nothing. And though roughly handled, he had not been hurt. He associated the assault with the three strange visitors of the preceding day. Still, he had no proof of that. Not the slightest clue remained to help him ascertain who ...

— The Rainbow Trail • Zane Grey

... free of the Earth, flashing outward at two thousand miles an hour, it was impossible to see the Moon or those formidable Aircars—and still, out of the heart of the area of the Gens of Dalis, came other myriads, each flight waiting only for the preceding flight to clear! ...

— Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 • Various

... thus secured one ruffian (Nerba), whom I have alluded to above, came forward and seized me by the hair of my head. He pulled my hair as hard as he could. My hair was long, as I had not had it cut since the day preceding my departure from London about the middle of March. The others formed up in front of me in a semicircle. Then the Pombo arose and was handed a bar of iron, which had been made red hot in a brazier, the end grasped by the Pombo being bound round with red cloths. He strode up to ...

— In the Forbidden Land • Arnold Henry Savage Landor

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