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A Lesson Before Dying
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- I motioned for him to precede me into the church.
Chpt 7 *precede = go before
- IT WAS COLD and it rained for the two weeks preceding our Christmas program.†
Chpt 19preceding = prior (in time or space)
- I made a respectful gesture for him to precede me, but he would not move, was afraid to move, until Inez took the lead.†
Chpt 20
Definitions:
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(1)
(precede) to go or do before
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)