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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. be earlier in time; go back further;
- Example: "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
[syn: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

antecede
    v 1: be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede
         bronze tools" [syn: predate, precede, forego,
         forgo, antecede, antedate] [ant: follow,
         postdate]