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Go in advance
Answer for the clue "Go in advance ", 8 letters:
antecede
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Word definitions for antecede in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Antecede \An`te*cede"\, v. t. & i. [L. antecedere; ante + cedere to go. See Cede .] To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass. --Sir M. Hale.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To go before; to precede 2 To predate or antedate
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools" [syn: predate , precede , forego , antedate ] [ant: postdate ]
Usage examples of antecede.
Here blood had been spilled upon the ground, here obscene practices had been acted out, here monstrous entities had trod with evil intent--and not only recently, but extending back into unguessed time, perhaps into that time that anteceded mankind.
Here blood had been spilled upon the ground, here obscene practices had been acted out, here monstrous entities had trod with evil intent—and not only recently, but extending back into unguessed time, perhaps into that time that anteceded mankind.