precede
precede is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To go before in place, rank, or importance.
- 2.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- advance
- afore
- aforehand
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- already
- antecedence
- antecedency
- antecedent
- anteposition
- anterior
- anteriority
- anticipate
- ball
- before
- beforehand
- come
- coming
- dance
- dawn
- early
- ere
- erewhile
- eve
- fashion
- first
- forerun
- forestall
- former
- front
- gain
- get
- have
- head
- herald
- importance
- influence
- introduce
- introductory
- lead
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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