Index of English words, starting with "pr"

(1) - Precede (v. t.) To cause to be preceded; to preface; to introduce; -- used with by or with before the instrumental object.
(2) - Precede (v. t.) To go before in place, rank, or importance.
(3) - Precede (v. t.) To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.

(1) - Precedence (n.) Alt. of Precedency

(1) - Precedent (n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
(2) - Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
(3) - Precedent (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
(4) - Precedent (n.) Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
(5) - Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

(1) - Precedented (a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.