Postcede
If the word 'precede' is a viable alternative to 'go before', is the word 'postcede' a viable alternative to 'follow' ?
(Yes, I did look in a dictionary but the one I had to hand did not have the word in question...)
I can't find a "postcede." "Succeed" seems to be the word that serves this purpose. Now I'd like to know how it came to be spelt that way.
No. It's "succeed" -- rather oddly, since the prefix "sub" would suggest "under" rather than "after".
And no, I've no idea why it's not spelled "succede". Why do we have
"succeed" and "proceed", but "precede", "recede" and "accede"? Aren't
they all from the same root -- the Latin "cedere"? Don't they all have
related nouns ending in "-cession"? Maybe the "realize" *versus*
"realise" warriors have an explanation for this silliness.
Ross Howard

97. 7. 5.Stefano MacGregor
Lars Eighner <eig...@crl.com> wrote in article
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<<"Succeed" seems to be the word that serves this purpose. Now I'd
like to know how it came to be spelt that way.>>
I have no explanation why the suffix "sub" is used for this
meaning, rather than "post", but there is no puzzle concerning the
spelling.
This is a simple case of assimilation (from Latin "ad" = towards +
"similis" = same).
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97. 7. 5.Stefano MacGregor
Simon Gray <si...@star-one.org.uk> wrote in article
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<<If the word 'precede' is a viable alternative to 'go before', is
the word 'postcede' a viable alternative to 'follow'?>>
No, but "succeed" is.
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97. 7. 5.Brian R.Oldham
In article <IhVvzAwZ...@crl.com>, Lars Eighner (eig...@crl.com) writes:
>In our last episode <868029...@star-one.org.uk>,
>the lovely and talented si...@star-one.org.uk (Simon Gray)
>broadcast on uk.misc,alt.usage.english:
>|If the word 'precede' is a viable alternative to 'go before', is the
>|word 'postcede' a viable alternative to 'follow' ?
>|
>|(Yes, I did look in a dictionary but the one I had to hand did not have
>|the word in question...)
>
>I can't find a "postcede." "Succeed" seems to be the word that
>serves this purpose. Now I'd like to know how it came to be
>spelt that way.
>
How about antecede?
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97. 7. 6.Simon R. Hughes
On Sat, 05 Jul 1997 12:27:12 GMT, b...@altheim.win-uk.net (Brian
R.Oldham) scribbled:
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That must be a synonym for "precede".
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97. 7. 6.Simon Gray
Top tip for miscreants - when you post a question in alt.usage.english,
remember to take Newsgroups: *usa* out of your kill file...
Doh !
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In article <33bdaea5...@news.zetnet.co.uk> mar...@zetnet.spam.uk writes:
> >Simon Gray typed:
> >
> >> If the word 'precede' is a viable alternative to 'go before', is the
> >> word 'postcede' a viable alternative to 'follow' ?
> >
> >Might be because it's proceed.
> >I think 'cede' is to surrender (territory) or something.
>
> What's wrong with supersede?
The context in which I wish to use it. 'Supercede' implies a 'nulling'
of what was before it, whereas I just want to use a different (& more
posey) way of saying 'come next / after'.
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97. 7. 7.Sharon M Desmond
Postcede. So if you base a judicial verdicts on a precedent, does that
make it a "postcedent?"
BTW, I consider myself postceptive when I understand something too
late. Webster's doesn't.
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