preceed

English

Etymology

The misspelling is by analogy with the near-homophone proceed.[1]

Verb

preceed (third-person singular simple present preceeds, present participle preceeding, simple past and past participle preceeded)

  1. Obsolete spelling of precede.
    • 1623, Alexander Craig, “To the Swearer”, in The Poeticall Recreations of Mr Alexander Craig, of Rose-Craig, Scoto Britan, Aberdeen: […] Edward Raban, for David Melvill, →OCLC, page 28:
      The greateſt Oathe preceeds the greateſt Lie.
    • 1682, The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James the First, and His Royal Successors, Kings and Queen of Scotland, Edinburgh: Iosua van Solingen, Iohn Colmar, page 498:
      Sum pretending to claime annual-rents & few dewties of landes, fallen in fore-faltour of many zeires preceeding: Quhilkis probablely ar taken away be poſteriour richtes or diſcharges, conſiled or abstracted be the ſaid perſones fore-falted.
    • 1714, Tho[mas] Hearne, “First Division of the Times into Two Parts”, in Ductor Historicus: or, A Short System of Universal History, and an Introduction to the Study of It. […], London: […] H. Clark, for Tim[othy] Childe, […], →OCLC, book I (Chronology), chapter IV (The Usefulness of Chronological Tables to Beginners: […]), page 40:
      During this long Extent, we ſee the Eſtabliſhment and Downfall of three Great Monarchies, viz. The Aſſyrian, Perſian and Grecian, which have preceeded the Empire of the Romans.
  2. Misspelling of precede.

References

  1. ^ ““Proceed” vs. “Precede”: What’s The Difference?”, in Dictionary.com‎[1], 21 June 2022, archived from the original on 21 July 2025
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