To precede is defined as to go before or introduce.
(verb)See precede in Webster's New World College Dictionary
See precede in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb pre·ced·ed, pre·ced·ing, pre·cedes verb, transitive
Origin:
Origin: Middle English preceden
Origin: , from Old French preceder
Origin: , from Latin praecēdere
Origin: : prae-, pre-
Origin: + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots
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