Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)precede, predate1come before“Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify” (v)precede, come beforebe the predecessor of“Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands” (v)precede, leadmove ahead (of others) in time or space (v)precede, preface, premise, introducefurnish with a preface or introduction“She always precedes her lectures with a joke”,
“He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution”