All 6 Uses of
precede
in
Of Human Bondage
- Philip allowed himself to be kissed on the forehead by his uncle and preceded Mrs. Carey upstairs.†
Chpt 13-14 *preceded = went or was before
- His uncle had repeated it often during the arguments which had preceded his departure from business.†
Chpt 51-52
- He opened the door, and she preceded him into his sitting-room.†
Chpt 71-72
- Only one thing was new, a head and shoulders of Philip which Lawson had painted at the end of the preceding summer; it hung over the chimneypiece; Mildred looked at it critically.†
Chpt 91-92preceding = prior (in time or space)
- He seemed to notice that Philip was in some way different from the men who had preceded him.†
Chpt 101-102preceded = went or was before
- The woman who answered the bell did not reply to his inquiry, but silently preceded him along the passage and knocked on a door at the back.†
Chpt 109-110
Definition:
to go or do before