PRECE'DE, L. proecedo proe, before, and cedo, to more.
1. To go before in the order of time. The corruption of morals precedes the ruin of a state.
2. To go before in rank or importance.
3. To cause something to be before to make to take place in prior time.
It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration. Unusual.
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