predecess
/ˌpriːdɪˈsɛs/rare
verb
[with object] To be the predecessor of; to precede.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Horace Walpole (1717–1797), author, politician, and patron of the arts. Either from pre- + classical Latin dēcess-, past participial stem of dēcēdere to depart, go away, or back-formation from predecessor.
- unbrokenly
- father confessor
- father figure
- fatherhood
- father-in-law
- fatherland
- fatherless
- fatherlessness
- fatherlike
- fatherliness
- fatherly
- father of the chapel
- Father of the House
- Fathers
- Father's Day
- fathership
- Fathers of the Church
- Father Time
- fathom
- fathomable
- Fathometer
- fathomless
- fatidic
- fatigable
- fatiguability