Crossword clues for preceded
preceded
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Precede \Pre*cede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Preceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Preceding.] [L. praecedere, praecessum; prae before + cedere to go, to be in motion: cf. F. pr['e]ceder. See Pre-, and Cede.]
To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything. ``Harm precedes not sin.''
--Milton.To go before in place, rank, or importance.
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To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object. [R.]
It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.
--Kent.
Wiktionary
alt. (en-past of: precede) vb. (en-past of: precede)
Usage examples of "preceded".
Potria smirked for receiving extra attention from the host, but Asedow had preceded her into the hall, dark green robes aswirl.
During the winter that preceded the Turkish conquest, the nation was distracted by this epidemical frenzy.
The bath and white garment of the novice were an indecent copy of the regeneration of baptism: his sword, which he offered on the altar, was blessed by the ministers of religion: his solemn reception was preceded by fasts and vigils.
Despair united their counsels and invigorated their arms: they withstood the assault of the Persians and the flight of Nacoragan preceded or followed the slaughter of ten thousand of his bravest soldiers.
In the summer which preceded his own elevation, that general had been chosen to deliver Gaul from the tyranny of the Barbarians.
Reitemeter, a later editor of Zosimus, whose notes are retained in the recent edition, in the collection of the Byzantine historians, has a disquisition on the passage, as candid, but not more conclusive than some which have preceded him - M.
They were preceded by a troop of Numidian light horse, who announced, by a cloud of dust, the approach of a great man.
Hugo altogether rejects the opinion adopted by Heineccius, by Bach, and in general by all the writers who preceded him.
Many large congregations of Gnostics and Arians maintained, after their conversion, the simple worship which had preceded their separation.
Alexander conquered with the arms of Philip, but the two heroes who preceded Charlemagne bequeathed him their name, their examples, and the companions of their victories.
About the festival of the Pentecost he displayed his banner, and marched towards Venice at the head of the Italians: he was preceded or followed by the counts of Flanders and Blois, and the most respectable barons of France.
Fordeliton went on easily as he preceded them through the confusing maze of corridors.
If we preceded them to Sky Clear it was by a few hundred years, that was all.
A tap preceded the opening of his carrier and he felt a rush of fresh air, warmer than lota's, filled with myriad smells--mostly of building materials, paint, oil, grease and Human sweat.
She nodded and Coaxtl preceded her back through the throng to the copter, where Johnny, Loncie, Pablo and the others from Bogota fell in behind herself and the boy.