Both Uses
precede
in
Story of My Life
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- I knew it, it was the odour that always precedes a thunderstorm, and a nameless fear clutched at my heart.†
Chpt 5 *precedes = goes, does, or is before
- I trust that my readers have not concluded from the preceding chapter on books that reading is my only pleasure; my pleasures and amusements are many and varied.†
Chpt 22preceding = prior (in time or space)
Definitions:
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(1)
(precede) to go or do before
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)