Precede(v. t.) To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
Precede(v. t.) To go before in place, rank, or importance.
Precede(v. t.) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.
Preceded(imp. & p. p.) of Precede
Precedence(n.) Alt. of Precedency
Precedency(n.) The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
Precedency(n.) The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.
Precedent(a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Precedent(n.) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
Precedent(n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
Precedent(n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Precedent(n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
Precedented(a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.
Precedently(adv.) Beforehand; antecedently.
Preceding(a.) Going before; -- opposed to following.
Preceding(a.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2.
Preceding(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Precede
Words within preceding