Precede

pre-sed', v. t. To go before in place, time, rank, or importance. — Preced'ence, -sed'ens, -ency, -en-sT, n. Act or state of being precedent; priority in position, rank, or time; state of going or being before in rank, dignity, etc.— Precedent, -sed'ent, a. Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent.— Precedent, pres'e-dent, re. Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the like kind; a preceding circumstance or condition; prognostic— Prec'edented, a. Having precedent. — Preces's ion, -sesh'un, re. Act of going before, or forward. — Prece ion of the equinoxes. {Astron.) The slow, backward motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic.