Both Uses
precede
in
The Crying of Lot 49
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- Certain things, it is made clear, will not be spoken aloud; certain events will not be shown onstage; though it is difficult to imagine, given the excesses of the preceding acts, what these things could possibly be.†
Chpt 3 *preceding = prior (in time or space)
- She had decided en route, with time to think about the day preceding, to go see Dr. Hilarius her shrink, and tell him all.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(precede) to go or do before
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)