PRECEDE, PRECEDENCE, PRECEDING
ADJECTIVES
► ANTEGREDIENT preceding, going before → 1686 obs.
► PREALLABLE preceding, previous, preliminary; going before → 1603
► PREDECESSIVE that has gone before; preceding; previous → 1599 obs.
► PREVENIENT coming before, preceding, prior → 1656
► PREVENTING going before, preceding, anticipating → 1605 obs.
► TOFOREGOING foregoing, preceding, antecedent → 1387-8 obs.
NOUNS
► PRESIDENCY superiority, precedence → 1608 obs.
► PREVENANT something that precedes; an antecedent → 1876 obs.
VERBS
► PREVENE to come or go before; to precede → 1596 chiefly Sc., obs.
► PREVENT to come, arrive, or appear before; to precede → a1500 obs.
► TAKE THE RIGHT HAND OF to take precedence over → 1607 obs.
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