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Precede

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.
Precedential a. Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions.
Precedently adv. Beforehand; antecedently.

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