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Verb: antecede  `an-ti'seed
  1. Be earlier in time; go back further
    "Stone tools antecede bronze tools"
    - predate, precede, forego, forgo, antedate

Derived forms: anteceded, antecedes, anteceding

See also: antecedency, antecedent