All 5 Uses of
precede
in
Pride and Prejudice
- Much had been done and much had been said in the regiment since the preceding Wednesday; several of the officers had dined lately with their uncle, a private had been flogged, and it had actually been hinted that Colonel Forster was going to be married.†
p. 59.9 *preceding = prior (in time or space)
- Easter was approaching, and the week preceding it was to bring an addition to the family at Rosings, which in so small a circle must be important.†
p. 165.9
- Her uncle and aunt were all amazement; and the embarrassment of her manner as she spoke, joined to the circumstance itself, and many of the circumstances of the preceding day, opened to them a new idea on the business.†
p. 248.6
- There was not much in the question, nor in the preceding remark; but there was a look and a manner which gave them meaning.†
p. 250.8
- The horses were post; and neither the carriage, nor the livery of the servant who preceded it, were familiar to them.†
p. 332.3preceded = went or was before
Definition:
to go or do before