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Webster 1913 Edition

Precede

Pre-cede′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Preceded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Preceding
.]
[L.
praecedere
,
praecessum
;
prae
before +
cedere
to go, to be in motion: cf. F.
préceder
. See
Pre-
, and
Cede
.]
1.
To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
“Harm precedes not sin.”
Milton.
2.
To go before in place, rank, or importance.
3.
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.
Kent.

Webster 1828 Edition

Precede

PRECE'DE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. proecedo; proe, before, and cedo, to more.]
1.
To go before in the order of time. The corruption of morals precedes the ruin of a state.
2.
To go before in rank or importance.
3.
To cause something to be before; to make to take place in prior time.
It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration. [Unusual.]

Definition 2024

précède

précède

See also: precede, précédé, and precedé

French

Verb

précède

  1. first-person singular present indicative of précéder
  2. third-person singular present indicative of précéder
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of précéder
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of précéder
  5. second-person singular imperative of précéder

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