All 4 Uses of
precede
in
The Idiot
- He felt in a very curious condition today, a condition similar to that which had preceded his fits in bygone years.†
Chpt 2.5 *preceded = went or was before
- He remembered that during his epileptic fits, or rather immediately preceding them, he had always experienced a moment or two when his whole heart, and mind, and body seemed to wake up to vigour and light; when he became filled with joy and hope, and all his anxieties seemed to be swept away for ever; these moments were but presentiments, as it were, of the one final second (it was never more than a second) in which the fit came upon him.†
Chpt 2.5preceding = prior (in time or space)
- Since, in the last conscious moment preceding the attack, he could say to himself, with full understanding of his words: "I would give my whole life for this one instant," then doubtless to him it really was worth a lifetime.†
Chpt 2.5
- To the twelfth century, and those immediately preceding and following it.†
Chpt 3.4
Definition:
to go or do before