Both Uses of
precede
in
Interview with the Vampire
- The tramp of the feet grew louder, and I began to sense that one step preceded the other very sharply, the second dragging slowly across the earth.†
Part 2 *preceded = went or was before
- I was searching his face for the movement of his lips that must have preceded the sound, yet it was so hopelessly long after the sound.†
Part 3
Definition:
to go or do before