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v. To come, exist, or occur before in time.

v. To come before in order or rank; surpass or outrank.

v. To be in a position in front of; go in advance of.

v. To preface; introduce: preceded her lecture with a funny anecdote.

verb-intransitive. To come or go before in time, order, rank, or position.

v. To go before, go in front of.

v. To have higher rank than (someone or something else).

v. To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

v. To go before in place, rank, or importance.

v. To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.

To go before in place; walk in front of; advance before; hence, specifically, to go before in rank or importance; take precedence of.

To go before in the order of time; occur or take place before; exist before.

To put something before; preface; introduce as by a preface or prelude.

To go before in place; walk in front; specifically, to take precedence; have superior authority; hence, to prevail.

To come first in the order of time; occur or exist previously.

v. be earlier in time; go back further

v. move ahead (of others) in time or space

v. be the predecessor of

v. furnish with a preface or introduction

v. come before

"The poured-out bottle might suggest that he thought of me as a pocket-sized prohibitionist minister, a vocation he respected; but the nickname may precede my fears."

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antedate    preface   

precedence    precedent    unprecedented   

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