precede
[pri-seed]
- to go before, as in place, order, rank, importance, or time.
- to introduce by something preliminary; preface: to precede one's statement with a qualification.
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- to go or come before.
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- Journalism. copy printed at the beginning of a news story presenting late bulletins, editorial notes, or prefatory remarks.
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Origin of precede
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An Arctic night—unpreceded by twilight—fell, and there dawned the sabbath of the witches.
The Big Bow MysteryI. Zangwill
precede
- to go or be before (someone or something) in time, place, rank, etc
- (tr) to preface or introduce
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Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin praecēdere to go before, from prae before + cēdere to move
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Word Origin and History for unpreceded
precede
v.
early 15c., "lead the way; occur before," from Middle French preceder and directly from Latin praecedere "to go before," from prae "before" (see pre-) + cedere "to go" (see cede). Meaning "to walk in front of" is late 15c.; that of "to go before in rank or importance" is attested from mid-15c. Related: Preceded; preceding.
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