All 4 Uses of
precede
in
The Mill on the Floss
- Tom, preceding Maggie, as they returned along the passage, opened the door of this room, and immediately said, "Mother!"†
Chpt 3.2 *
- Something in his throat half choked the last words; the flush, which had alarmed his children because it had so often preceded a recurrence of paralysis, had subsided, and his face looked pale and tremulous.†
Chpt 3.8
- It did not occur to her that her irritation was due to the pleasanter emotion which preceded it, just as when we are satisfied with a sense of glowing warmth an innocent drop of cold water may fall upon us as a sudden smart.†
Chpt 6.2
- But Stephen did not come earlier, and there was another visitor—a nearer neighbor—who preceded him.†
Chpt 6.7
Definition:
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(precede) to go or do before