Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Precede.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Precede and, of course, Precede synonyms and on the right images related to the word Precede.
No result for Precede. Showing similar results...
PrecedentPrecedent Prec"e*dent, n.
1. Something done or said that may serve as an example to
authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an
authoritative example.
Examples for cases can but direct as precedents
only. --Hooker.
2. A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent;
hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign. [Obs.]
3. A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished
copy. [Obs.] --Shak.
4. (Law) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for
future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an
authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of
proceeding to be followed in similar cases. --Wharton.
Syn: Example; antecedent.
Usage: Precedent, Example. An example in a similar case
which may serve as a rule or guide, but has no
authority out of itself. A precedent is something
which comes down to us from the past with the sanction
of usage and of common consent. We quote examples in
literature, and precedents in law. Precedented
Precedented Prec"e*dent*ed, a.
Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of
a like kind. --Walpole.
Precedential
Precedential Prec`e*den"tial, a.
Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for
imitation; as, precedential transactions.
All their actions in that time are not precedential to
warrant posterity. --Fuller.
Precedently
Precedently Pre*ced"ent*ly, adv.
Beforehand; antecedently.
UnprecedentedUnprecedented Un*prec"e*dent*ed, a.
Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case;
not having the authority of prior example; novel; new;
unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv. UnprecedentedlyUnprecedented Un*prec"e*dent*ed, a.
Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case;
not having the authority of prior example; novel; new;
unexampled. -- Un*prec"e*dent*ed*ly, adv.
Meaning of Precede from wikipedia
