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precede
1485, "to go before" in rank or importance, from M.Fr.
preceder,
from L.
pręcedere
"to go before," from
prę-
"before" +
cedere
"to go" (see
cede
). Meaning "to walk in front of" is from 1530; that of "to come before in time" is attested from 1540.
