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antecede, v.|æntɪˈsiːd|
Also 7 anteceed.
[ad. L. antecēd-ĕre, f. ante before + cēdĕre to go.]
1. trans. To go before or in front of; to precede, in place, time, or rank; to surpass.
1624Heywood Gunaik. iv. 207 In wealth and nobilitie..[he] anteceded the best in the cittie. 1677Hale Prim. Orig. Man. i. iii. 82 The Fabrick of the World did not long antecede its Motion. 1822T. Taylor Metam. Apuleius 399 A particular negative antecedes either of the affirmative propositions. 1902H. Spencer Facts & Comments 204 Recognizing the properties of Space..as anteceding all creation..and all evolution. 1914C. A. Mercier Astrol. in Med. 1 Its origin is so remote as to antecede all written records.
2. intr. To go or come before, to come first.
1628T. Spencer Logick 239 This Axiome..containes nothing that doth antecede, or follow. 1656Baxter Ref. Pastor 100 Three daies prayer for him..should antecede. 1690― Kingd. Christ i. 4 Though the Embrio and Infancy anteceding, it was to be first in Execution. |