Bible Dictionaries
Precede

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To go before in place, rank, or importance.

(2):

(v. t.) To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

(3):

(v. t.) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; - used with by or with before the instrumental object.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Precede'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/precede.html. 1828.