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antecede

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an⋅te⋅cede

  [an-tuh-seed]
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–verb (used with object), -ced⋅ed, -ced⋅ing.
to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede: Shakespeare antecedes Milton.
Origin:
1615–25; < L antecēdere to go before, precede, excel, surpass. See ante-, cede
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an·te·cede   (ān'tĭ-sēd')   
tr.v.   an·te·ced·ed, an·te·ced·ing, an·te·cedes
To precede.

[Latin antecēdere : ante-, ante- + cēdere, to go; see ked- in Indo-European roots.]
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