Morality turns on whether the pleasure precedes or follows the pain.
I prefer to stop short of this problem, finding it more profitable to undertake the inquiry which naturally precedes it--namely, Are these statements true or false?
The substance of a paragraph which precedes this has been transferred to the Prologue.
We have in what precedes shown how to generalize the ordinary rational, algebraic and logarithmic functions, and considered more general cases, of functions expressible by power series in z.
In Schizosaccharomyces and Zygosaccharomyces, however, we have a fusion of nuclei in connexion with the conjugation of cells which precedes sporangium-formation.
The important stage is the one which precedes this, and in which a definite decline in mental power is not yet perceivable.
There is further to be noted that the Apostle designates the results of the Spirit as fruit, in strong and intentional contrast with the results of the flesh, the grim catalogue of which precedes the radiant list in our text.
In the initial stages of the Christian life I suppose the good conscience precedes the pure heart.
Now they are closely connected, as it seems to me, more closely so than with either the stage which precedes or that which follows.
As this doxology is the last word of this whole letter, we may say that it gathers into one all that precedes it.
When "not only" precedes "but also," see that each is followed by the same part of speech.
The effect is sometimes almost ludicrous when the consequent is long and complicated, and when it precedes the antecedent or "if-clause.
That quick, lurid glare is the flash thatprecedes the cannon's roar.
We all knew it was but the dead calm that precedes the storm.
Though an invariable, it may not be the unconditional antecedent of a, but may precede it as day precedes night or night day.
This is, the distinction between the sensation itself, and the state of the bodily organs which precedes the sensation, and which constitutes the physical agency by which it is produced.
Narâm-Sin's name occurs, like that which precedes it, appears to refer to a past event.
In nearly every text of Narâm-Sin the determinative for deity precedes his name, and in some of the contemporary seal-inscriptions he is even termed "the god of Akkad.
Each has seized the hind-leg and the back of the one which precedes it; they thus form an endless chain around the object, and are a most effective form of decoration.
This is proved by the fact that in their own inscriptions that have been recovered the determinative for divinity precedes their names.
Entemena's sketch of the early relations of Lagash and Umma precedeshis account of his own conquest of the latter city; see below, p.
This is termed the stage of calm, perhaps because it often precedes a tempest of fatal symptoms.
If the former, nausea generally precedes the ejection of the blood by vomiting, and it is apt to be mingled with food partly digested.
In cholera, diarrhoea always occurs before vomiting, while in the various irritant poisonings mentioned vomiting precedes diarrhoea.
Analogous changes have also been observed in the salivary glands and pancreas, except that, according to Hoffmann, a cellular proliferation precedes the degenerative process.
Among these we see erysipelas, severe vaccinal eruptions, lesions of inherited syphilis, and the sequelæ of morebilli and scarlatina, which the disease bothprecedes and follows.
The vesicles are superficial in situation, the firm papule which precedes the variolous rash being altogether wanting.
What is the impression given to the finger upon the skin by intense fever, and what by the relaxation which precedes death?
We have already described the aggravation of all the symptoms which immediately precedes the crisis in typical cases of relapsing fever, and the abrupt fall of temperature, and usually of the pulse, that follows.
It precedes the efflorescence on the skin, and is announced by pain in swallowing and on pressure with the fingers behind and below the angles of the jaw.
Vichy, to go to an evening party without having been invited to the dinner which precedes it.
The study of pure science, as well as its higher technology, follows rather than precedes this.
However this may be, it is clear that natural religion is rooted in such experiences, and precedes revealed religion in the order of growth and education, whatever its logical order in systems of thought may be.
When a vowel precedesthe o, the plural is always formed regularly.
Each paragraph develops one subject, which has a natural relation to what precedes and what follows; 2.
When a vowel is followed by a single consonant and is short, the consonant stands with the syllable which precedes it, especially if accented.
Sometimes it precedes it, and in that case it changes the initial of the noun to the second state, unless the adjective is in the comparative or superlative degree, when the initial is unchanged.
When it follows a short vowel in an accented syllable or in a monosyllable, a d sound (analogous to the b sound with m) precedes it.
If its object is a pronoun, this precedes the infinitive in the possessive form and governs its initial as it would that of a noun.
In more recent Cornish, with the frequent use of the auxiliary form of the verb, where the pronominal object precedes the infinitive in its possessive form, this construction became unusual.
If a present participle governs a pronoun object, the latter in its possessive form immediately precedes (and governs as to initial) the infinitive, and is itself preceded by the preposition worth.
If the object is a pronoun, in the first case it follows the negative particle in its third form, in the second case it precedes the infinitive in the possessive form.
The comparative or superlative adjective usually precedes the noun which it qualifies, though for the sake of verse or on account of emphasis it may follow it, sometimes with the definite article intervening.
There are many various spellings of these words in the manuscripts, and especially there is great uncertainty as to the vowel which precedes the pronominal suffix.
When two or more substantives following each other denote different objects, the article is repeated, and precedes each.
The word advance is an infinitive, and it consequently precedes it.
As a general rule, the adjective precedes the substantive--a good man, not a man good.
Each of these syllables must be compared with the one that precedes it; rest with then, friend with my, and so on throughout the line.
When two or more substantives following each other denote the same object, the article precedes the first only.
The vowel that, in one out of the three Anglo-Saxon classes, precedes d is o.
When the verb is in the infinitive mood, the negativeprecedes it.
The heart of Christianity, the worship of Jesus as Lord and Saviour, is here, though chronologically the Epistle of James precedes the teaching of Paul and John in their writings.
Gradually the chill wind which precedes dawn blew over the face of the country, and moaned through the trees they were just clearing.
She has narrowly escaped the decline which precedes consumption, for they have been keeping her too low; but as she gains appetite she will eat freely, and will do well if the Palace doctors and old women will let her alone.
The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it.
Note: The indefinite article a or an never precedes such, but is placed between it and the noun to which it refers; as, such a man; such an honor.
Defn: One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor.
Defn: A notice or notion which precedes something else in time; previous notion or thought; foreknowledge.
Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing whichprecedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph.
A cause which immediately precedes and produces the effect, as distinguished from the remote, mediate, or predisposing cause.
A fever which accompanies or precedesthe first lactation.
Manx shearwater; -- so called because itprecedes the appearance of the mackerel on the east coast of Ireland.
A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Initiation precedes the communication of knowledge in Masonry, as darkness preceded light in the old cosmogonies.
The history of Masonry which precedes these, and constitutes the body of the work, is fanciful, unreliable, and pretentious to a degree that often leads to absurdity.
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred; a relative in the ascending line; a progenitor; Ð opposed to descendant.
A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.
Advanced guard, a detachment of troops which precedesthe march of the main body.
A liquid fire attack precedes the three waves of the onset, each a battalion strong, which dash in succession against the village.
Here we are obsessed by that continual, sharp, menacing, formidable whistle which precedes the bursting of a shell.
When he arrives at divisional headquarters his eyes are almost haggard, and he seems to be in that state of agitation which precedes a nervous breakdown.
The bombardment which precedes them demolishes the hastily improvised trenches facing Damloup and overpowers the battery.
The male is silent when he pounces; the chee or the courtship song is emitted when swaying precedes pouncing.
The male Bell Vireo arrives first at the breeding area but precedes the female by only a few days.
It seems to wane at present, but it is only the decrease that precedes the new development.
There is something especially in the hour that precedes a Syrian dawn, which invigorates the frame and elevates the spirit.
In a slightly diluted acetone of such composition, the guncotton is instantly attacked, the action being quite different from the gelatinisation which precedes solution in the undiluted solvent.
In Guinea and Tonquin the period of licence precedes the public expulsion of demons; and the suspension of the ordinary government in Lhasa previous to the expulsion of the scapegoat is perhaps a relic of a similar period of universal licence.
In any case, the extraordinary relaxation of all ordinary rules of conduct on such occasions is doubtless to be explained by the general clearance of evils which precedes or follows it.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "precedes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
