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antecede

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of antecede

to go or come before in time

  • the 19th-century Pre-Raphaelites claimed to base their principles and practices on the Italian art that anteceded Raphael and other masters of the High Renaissance
Synonyms of antecede

antedate, forego, precede, predate, preexist
Antonyms of antecede

follow, postdate, succeed

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