precede : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: precede	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for precede
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precede v be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" Synonym(s): predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate Antonym(s): follow, postdate come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify" Synonym(s): precede, predate be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands" Synonym(s): precede, come before Antonym(s): come after, follow, succeed move ahead (of others) in time or space Synonym(s): precede, lead Antonym(s): follow furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution" Synonym(s): precede, preface, premise, introduce
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Precede \Precede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Preceded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preceding}.] [L. praecedere, praecessum; prae before + cedere to go, to be in motion: cf. F. pr[82]ceder. See {Pre-}, and {Cede}.] 1. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. [bd]Harm precedes not sin.[b8] --Milton. 2. To go before in place, rank, or importance. 3. 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. --Kent.