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precede

verb
  1. furnish with a preface or introduction
    “I always precede my lectures with a joke.”
    preface
  2. move ahead (of others) in time or space
    lead
  3. be the predecessor of
    “Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands”
    come before
  4. come before
    “Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify”
    predate
  5. be earlier in time
    predate