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v. come before; "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

v. be the predecessor of; "Bill preceded John in the long line of Susan's husbands"

v. furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"

predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

v. be earlier in time; go back further; "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

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precede, lead

v. move ahead (of others) in time or space

usher, show

v. take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"

submit, state, put forward, posit

v. put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

advance, throw out

v. bring forward for consideration or acceptance; "advance an argument"

offer

v. make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"

abstain, refrain, desist

v. choose not to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

shun, eschew

v. avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

refrain, forbear

v. resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

hold, carry, bear

v. support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head high"; "He carried himself upright"

suffer, endure

v. undergo or be subjected to; "He suffered the penalty"; "Many saints suffered martyrdom"

stand

v. be in some specified state or condition; "I stand corrected"

suffer, meet

v. undergo or suffer; "meet a violent death"; "suffer a terrible fate"

tolerate

v. have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen or environmental condition; "The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him"

surrender, relinquish

v. relinquish to the power of another; yield to the control of another

abdicate, renounce

v. give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee"

give

v. submit for consideration, judgment, or use; "give one's opinion"; "give an excuse"

forfeit, give up, throw overboard, waive, forgo, forego

v. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime; "you've forfeited your right to name your successor"; "forfeited property"

abjure, recant, forswear, retract, resile

v. formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

abandon, forsake, desolate, desert

v. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

swear off

v. promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

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succeed, come after, follow

v. be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?"

postdate, follow

v. be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday"

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