All 10 Uses of
precede
in
The Ramayana
- Then Gods, and saints and heavenly choir Preceded by the General Sire, Met in the air and gazed below On Ráma with that wondrous bow.†
Book 1preceded = went or was before
- White flashed the jewelled chouri there, And shone like moonbeams through the air; The white umbrella overhead A pale and moonlike lustre shed, Wont in pure splendour to precede, And in such rites the pomp to lead.†
Book 2
- No elephant precede the crowd Like a huge hill or thunder cloud, Marked from his birth for happy fate, Whom signs auspicious decorate?†
Book 2 *
- Why does no henchman, young and fair, Precede thee, and delight to bear Entrusted to his reverent hold The burthen of thy throne of gold?†
Book 2
- Do thou, Sumitrá's son, precede: Let Sítá walk where thou shalt lead.†
Book 2
- E'en now, the road to make and clear, Each labourer pressed, and pioneer Have I sent forward to precede The army I resolve to lead.†
Book 2
- we are near the place: Do thou precede a little space, And tell the mighty saint that I With Sítá at my side am nigh.†
Book 3
- It has no bond of connexion either with what precedes or follows it, and may be struck out not only without injury to, but positively to the advantage of the poem.†
Book 5precedes = goes, does, or is before
- Forth, at the bidding of their lord From every gate the giants poured, As, when the waters rise and swell, Huge waves preceding waves impel.†
Book 6preceding = prior (in time or space)
- The details are generally the same as those of preceding duels.†
Book 6
Definition:
to go or do before