precede Copy link Outline II. In time1. antĕcēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (with acc. or dat.)2. of that which p.s by a certain intervalII. In place • precede: II. In time: 1. antĕcēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (with acc. or dat.): exercise should always p. food, exercitatio semper a. cibum debet, Cels. 1, 2, med.: Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 40 (with dat.). 2. of that which p.s by a certain interval: expr. by ante esse: (Numa Pompilius) p.d Pythagoras by very many years, annis permultis ante fuit quam Pythagoras, Cic. de Or. 2, 37, 154. See also preceding. II. In place: anteeo, praeeo, etc.: v. to go before.