Antecede

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  • transitive verb. To precede.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To go before in time, and sometimes in place, rank, or logical order; precede.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb. To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To go before; to precede
  • verb. To predate or antedate
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. be earlier in time; go back further
  • Word Usage
    "These are foods that antecede and later accompany the nicotine and alcohol that youth will graduate to further stimulate the reward centers of the brain."
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