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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."

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... precede her through the French window of the drawing-room. Before disappearing Liosha bowed again. I caught ...

— Jaffery • William J. Locke

... preceding queries of the lover, and secondly, that I might definitely settle the rhythm, the metre, and the length and general arrangement of the stanza, as well as graduate the stanzas which were to precede, so that none of them might surpass this in rhythmical effect. Had I been able in the subsequent composition to construct more vigorous stanzas, I should without scruple have purposely enfeebled them so as not to interfere with the ...

— Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works • Edgar Allan Poe

... feelings, as excited by an event which dissolves trifling attachments, while it gives permanence to those of a genuine nature. It was probably intended for no eye but his own. I annex as literal a translation as possible, and from the beauty and ease of their latinity, have been tempted to precede it with the ...

— Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone - Made During the Year 1819 • John Hughes

... chest, silent, till they reached the' gates, when he said in French, "Madame, I am a nameless person in your train. Gabble!" he added, when the countess advised him not to enter; nor would he allow her to precede him by more than one step. Violetta sent up her name. The man had shaken her nerves. "At least, remember that your appearance should be decent," she said, catching sight of blood on his hands, and torn garments. "I expect, ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... in the latter case especially, with long retrospects and narratives which rather strain the style) is possible here. But a few remarks on the characters of Lovelace and Clarissa, which have usually been regarded as Richardson's greatest triumphs, may fitly precede some on his whole ...

— The English Novel • George Saintsbury

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