Middle English Dictionary Entry
prōcẹ̄den v.
Entry Info
Forms | prōcẹ̄den v. Also procede, prosede; sg. 3 procedeth, etc. & (error) precedeth; p.ppl. i)proceded. |
Etymology | OF proceder & L prōcēdere. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To go, go on, move in a certain direction; continue in an action or process; follow (a way of life); ~ forth, go on, go ahead; (b) be hit proceded, let (the incision, ligature, ?procedure) be continued; hit is proceded, it (a ligature) is continued; that..hit be proceded, that..it (a procedure) be carried on; (c) of a part of the body: to project; (d) to spread, extend; also fig.; (e) to continue in time; ~ after, follow (sth.).
Associated quotations
a
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)34/12 : Rekne..from lettere D þat is grauen in his lytel cercle & procede in the same litel cercle to ward lettere E.
- (c1392) ?Westwyk EPlanets (Peterh 75)40/15 : By gynne thy reknynge at the hed of libra & procede bakward agayns successioun of signes.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.6215 : Forþe þei gan procede To þe temple wiþ þis large stede.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)4.147 : Th'embassadours ben answerd..Th'eschaunge of prisoners..Hem liketh wel, and forth in they procede.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)50b/a : Trachea..is þe weie of þe eire goinge to þe lunges and procedinge [Ch.(2): passynge] fro him to þe þrote.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)68a/b : Þe sperme..is casten oþere procedeþ [*Ch.(1): bene put; Ch.(2): is þrowen; L protenduntur] oute.
- ?1435(1432) Lydg.Hen.VI Entry (Jul B.2)273 : The Kyng, procedyng fforth on his way, Kome to the Conduyte.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)1.818 : Yf thyn humour from thyn herbis synke, Dispose hit so that hit fro placis hie Descende and do thy lond to fructfie, And thennys to another part procede.
- ?a1450(1422) Lydg.SD (McC 182)63/19 : Cesar..in his conqueste procedede so ferre þat he came to þe pillers of Gades.
- c1450(1410) Walton Boeth.(Lin-C 103)p.128 : The cure of all þise mortall þinges here..Procediþ forþ in many dyuerse wise.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)9325 : Rather I sholde abyde Than ben to hasty to procede.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)72/11 : Late us take mary, our dowtere..and to þe temple with here procede.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)58/44 : Every wight in this world..oon of thilke three wayes of lyves must procede..bestiallich, resonablich..Manlich.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)54b/a : Ligature expressyue..is made..bigynnyng at þe nyþer parti of þe selfe membre, þer streynyng it more strongly, Afterward reuoluyng it, it is proceded [Ch.(2): be it proceded; L proceditur] to þe vppermore partie.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)76b/b : Þe inscision forsoþ ydone, be yt proceded [Ch.(2): be it iprocedede; L procedatur], puttyng in a tent infused in hote oile of roses.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)108a/b : For þe 3a. entensioun about þe materie coniuncte, it is necessarie..þat in þe bigynnyng it be proceded with repercussyuez.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)17b/b : Þe partiez bene 3 fold: Som bene contenyng, Som contened, Som procedyng [Ch.(2): comynge; L procedentes] outward.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)93a/a : Somtyme in þe hanchez ar vlcerez..in membrez procedyng [Ch.(2): þat comen þerof], as in þe ȝerde.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)67a/b : Þe parties þat proceden oþer fallen vtwarde ben þes.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)319/23 : Ulcers..ben made in þe conteynede membres þat proceden, i. gone oute, as in þe ȝerde.
d
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.1885 : Mater is apaied With o forme..Whan of his boundys he hath þe terme went And not desyreth ferther to procede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3054 : Þei cerched han þe wounde enviroun To make it clene fro corrupcioun, And prudently firste þei token hede Þat þe venym ferþer nat procede.
- a1425(a1400) Paul.Epist.(Corp-C 32)Rom.5.16 : Þe dome is of one, þat is, of one orygynal trespas of Adam..but þe grace þat is of crist of many synnes procedys in to iustificacyoun.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.1.104 : Thilke ordre, procedinge by an uneschuable byndinge togidre, which that descendeth fro the welle of purveaunce..makith that the causes rennen and assemblen togidre.
e
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.20 : Alle thing that lyveth in tyme, it is present, and procedith fro preteritz into futures.
- (?1440) Palladius (DukeH d.2)4.473 : Fruyt to fruyt fro gre to gre succedith..The grene aftir the riper fruyt procedith.
- a1475 Rev.St.Bridget (Gar 145)53/32 : Thu arte as the morentyde, procedyng with clerenes.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)858 : Whyll a wond ys fresch, yt ys prowyd curabyll be surgery, Þat yf yt procede ouyrlong, yt ys cawse of gret grewans.
2.
(a) To go on about one's business, carry on; (b) to continue (a course of action, treatment, etc.); ~ (forth) in, ~ (forth) with, ~ on (upon), go on with (sth.), proceed with; ~ in degre, pursue a higher academic degree; (c) ~ to, to go on to (sth.), proceed to, progress to; -- with inf.: proceed (to do sth.); (d) to take action, act; ~ after (up), act in accordance with (sth.); (e) to take effect, be effective; be done, be carried out.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.1025 : Divided..Was the langage..Ther wist non what other mente, So that thei myhten noght procede.
- (1423) Let.Bk.in Bk.Lond.E.(Gldh LetBk I & K)110/43 : If he [the Rector] be nat present, þan þe Faculte of Phisyk and þe Crafte of Cirurgy procede as he were present.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.455 : He say his lady somtyme..And by hire bothe avys..Apoynteden full warly..how they wolde procede.
- ?1435(1432) Lydg.Hen.VI Entry (Jul B.2)151 : Be Nature thow shalt haue strenth and myht, Forth to procede in large ffelicite.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)3 : Two thyngys owyth euery clerk To aduertysyn, begynnyng a werk, If he procedyn wyl ordeneelly.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)231/19 : Yf we let hym þus go and ferdere prosede, Ageyn sesare and oure lawe we do trespace.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.26.103b : He..wot neuere what þat he werkith..ne how schal he be gynne, ne howe procede for defawte of kunnyng.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)321 : With grete pacience thei do procede, Trustyng only in god to be theire spede.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)prol.405 : Thei leve noght, whan thei begynne, Upon her acte to procede.
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)144/13 : Prosede forþ in alle þingis as I haue tofore seid.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)133b/a : Procede in þe sewinge of þe ciphac & þe mirake.
- ?a1425 *MS Htrn.95 (Htrn 95)133b/a : Recche þou nouȝt of mundificatiues, but procede wiþ incarnatiues and mundificatiues.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)152/24 : Who þat wille may procede wiþ þe forseide cauteries.
- c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)5159 : Gedrit were the grekes..to holde A counsell..And procede on hor purpos.
- c1450 Capgr.St.Kath.(Arun 396)3.482 : In apposynge She þus procedeth, seyng..'how may youre lady be so worthi a woman?'
- (1455) Lin.DDoc.77/17 : I wol that the said ij prestis be seculers, bachelers of diuinite, or at the leste maisters of Arte, vertuose and wel disposed to lerne and for to procede in degree.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)70a/b : Procede forþ wiþ þi cure as it is tauȝt in þe firste doctrine.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)107 : He that wold in this arte procede, To eschew falshode he hath grete nede.
c
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.622 : I wol procede To speke upon Mathematique.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.3530 : Kinghode may noght wel procede To do justice upon the riht.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)328 : Of hym no more, for I wil procede To my purpoos that I first began.
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)3809 : This fyn shal cause a destruccioun Of hem echon ȝif it forth procede To be parfourmed and execute in dede.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)41a/a : Heben Mesue wille þat þay be content in þe bigynnyng with ydromelle or with water of zuccare; Afterward procede þay to watre of lentez.
- (1433) RParl.4.476a : The seid xxv persons, to procede to eleccion of ii Baillifs.
- (1440) *Capgr.St.Norb.(Hnt HM 55)29 : In þis story..I wil procede Of þis same seynt to telle þe lyf real.
- a1450 Chauliac(4) (Cai 336/725)5/13 : Þe weie is kyndeli to us fro þingis þat ben moost comoun to procede to þingis þat ben special.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)1.59 : The licour of thy grace do shede Into my penne..þat I may procede Sumwaht to saye.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.DJoos (Trin-C R.3.21(1))26 : To my purpose I wyll anone procede; The trowthe to recorde, I wyll no lengor tary.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)166 : Now souerayn lord god me gyde and spede, For to my maters as now I wil procede.
d
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2531 : Yow ne oghte nat sodeynly ne hastily proceden in this nede.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2545 : Ye shuln first proceden after the doctryne of Tullius.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.2658 : Achilles..Vpon Troylus gan hym to compleyne, Besechynge hem..ageyn hym to procede.
- ?c1425 Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)125/27 : In þe case in þe whiche þe mater schulde be quyttred, procede warly..withoute hetynge.
- (1429) RParl.4.343b : Yat..ye seide Lordes procede noght therin withoute thavys of my Lorde of Bed'.
- (1447) Shillingford21 : Ye seye right well, and so we woll do and procede.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)1746 : If he [a prince] may with reasounynge awake An hardinesse in hem [knights], he may procede.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)13 : Þu dost þo dom in nam of þe kirke, feiþfully wilyng þe mendment of þe synnar..and due ordre procedand up þe gospel.
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)15 : Riȝtwisnes of þe kirk doing execucoun is wan þe kirk..procediþ in dewe ordre up þe gospel.
- a1500(c1477) Norton OAlch.(Add 10302)760 : Þat man shalle sonest spede which with grete leysere wisely wille procede.
e
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.3713 : Noble Pryncis..Remembryng stories of antiquite, Afforn prouidyng that tresoun nat proceede, Beth ay most dreedful in prosperite.
- (1447-8) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1354 : I wol that the edificacion of my said College of Eton procede in large fourme, clene and substancial, wel replenysshed with goodely wyndowes.
- c1450(c1393) Chaucer Scog.(Benson-Robinson)30 : I dreede..Lest for thy gilt the wreche of Love procede On alle hem that ben hoor.
- a1500 Chartier Quad.(2) (Rwl A.338)172/26 : His iusticie procedith..to the confusion of theim þat cause the iniquityf wikednes.
3.
(a) To go on with a story or explanation; treat or explain (sth.), write or tell (sth.); (b) ~ in (of, on, upon), to proceed with (sth.), go on about; (c) to discuss, determine; debate, argue, answer an argument; hit is proceded, it is argued, I have argued; (d) of an argument: to be valid.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.CY.(Manly-Rickert)G.1019 : I wol procede as now And telle forth my tale of the chanoun.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.1463 : Troie boke spekeþ of hym no more, But procedeth..How Horrestes cast hym for to quyte His fadres deth.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)5.352 : Afftir whos deth þus wrouht bi violence, the stori remembreth proceedyng, Foorth cam Yero.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)319 : For þe more cleering in special of trouþis bifore in þis iije. trety spokun generally..I procede þus.
- c1450 Capgr.Rome (Bod 423)3 : I wil procede be ordre and declare on to þe rederes of þe first dwelleris of rome.
- ?a1475 Ludus C.(Vsp D.8)71/6 : How our lady was conseyvid and how she was bore, We passe ovyr þat..and so forth proced.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)56a/a : In þe secunde distinccioun of þe ij partie is ordeyned particuler woundis, bigynnynge at þe heed, & so procediþ forþ þoruȝ diuers membris of mannys body with her curis.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)100b/a : Now y haue procedid þe cure of þe discrasioun þat meueþ particulerly of alle þe iiij complexiouns.
- c1475 Body Pol.(Cmb Kk.1.5)117/19 : It suffyseth inoughe the reherce of vertues whiche I haue shewed her befor..Wherfor I will not procede moche mor.
b
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.1 : Upon the vices to procede..The ferste point of Slowthe I calle Lachesce.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.2020 : In my tale forth I wol procede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.91 : There I lefte I wyl agayn retourne, Of Pelleus ferther to procede.
- c1425 Found.St.Barth.31/11 : Nowe it is for to do and procede of these thyngis that we han seyn and herde done in the dayes and tymes of the successoures.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)1.450 : Al this conceyuyd, I gan my stile dresse, Thouhte I wolde in my mater proceede.
- a1456(a1449) Lydg.BC (Trin-C R.3.20)3 : Þis story doþe proceed Of þe housbandes and þeyre wyves.
- c1475(c1445) Pecock Donet (Bod 916)24/2 : Forto þus do and procede in displaiyng goddis moral lawis wolde be ouer longe.
- a1500(1413) *Pilgr.Soul (Eg 615)5.16.98b : Procedith nowe in youre matier.
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)298 : Off a chast Sheep thus he doth procede.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)529 : On thys mater ferther wyll I nought Procede tyll I therof haue knowleche yow lete.
c
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.7115 : Þer was no remedie..Saf..procede Howe þei schal hem gouernen in þis nede.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)4.5502 : Þei treten and procede Touchinge þe exile and proscripcioun..Þat þei caste for Amphymacus.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)208 : As for answere and assoiling to the firste argument, y procede thus.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)453 : Aȝens this now rehercid blamyng and vndirnemyng, y may procede thus.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)565 : Aȝens al this blamyng..it is procedid in othere placis of my writingis.
d
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)218 : Al þis..is to be vndirstonde in figurative speche..and þerfore þese argumentis not proceden.
- (c1449) Pecock Repr.(Cmb Kk.4.26)453 : Aȝens her blamyng and chalenging..proceden and goon forth in grettist strengthe and in openest euydence alle tho conclusiouns of Scripture and of resoun.
- (c1454) Pecock Fol.(Roy 17.D.9)58/17 : Aȝens hem proceden þe argumentis bifore maad here aȝens hem and aȝens marchaundis and crafti men togidere.
4.
Law (a) To carry on legal proceedings, take legal action; render a legal judgment, rule, decide; also fig.; ~ for, rule in favor of (sb. or sth.); ~ in ple (accioun), carry on legal action; (b) ben proceded, of legal actions: to be carried out, put into effect; -- also impers.
Associated quotations
a
- (1425) RParl.4.273a : I offre me to entre ye matier of right in ye name of my said Lord or Warr', and so to procede to ye ende.
- (1430) Indent.Colchester in RC 131410 : We, the foreseide Robert and John, seyng the euidences..arbitre, ordeyne, and awarde that the seide abbote procede forth in his assise.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.2949 : His enmyes wolde nat be content, But proceded that he was exiled, Dede execucioun off his iugement.
- (1443) Doc.Trade in BRS 777 : Richard, defendyng þe seid accion..proved..þat þe seid ship..was nat taken..and so þei proceded in plee.
- (1448) Shillingford69 : The whiche seid evydencis so shewed..We..beseke yow, our lord Chaunceler..to procede and make and ende after the Kyngis comawndement.
- c1460(a1449) Lydg.St.Austin (Hrl 2255)167 : Al thyng commytted and weyed in ballaunce, Ye to be Iuge, and lyk as ye proceede, We shall obeye to youre ordynaunce.
- c1450 Alph.Tales (Add 25719)28/13 : If þe law procede for me, be þe sentance of þe law I sall aw þe no thyng, for I ouercom þe.
- (1451) Paston (Gairdner)2.239 : As to the processe of youre compleyntez, we wole put them in contynuance, but in all other we wole procede.
- c1475 Mankind (Folg V.a.354)841 : Trowthe may not so cruelly procede in hys streyt argument But þat Mercy schall rewle þe mater.
- c1475 Wisd.(Folg V.a.354)653 : Law procedyth not for meyntnance.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)161 : Shape vs an answer to thyne accusement, And ellys I most procede opon thy iugement.
- a1525(?1456) Cov.Leet Bk.294 : That no maner persone inhabite within þis cite, sue, attaine, nor procede ferþer in eny accion..ayenst eny other persone or persones inhabitantes in þis Cite.
b
- (1399) RParl.3.451b : This Appel..was so grete and so hegh..And all bygone and proceded oute of the course of the commone Lawe, so that..it myght not wele be redressede no punissed bot by the Kyng.
- (1426) Paston1.6 : Al þis processe, þough it were in dede proceded as þe instrument specifieth, is not suffisant in þe lawe of Holy Cherche.
- (1426-7) Paston1.12 : In whiche sute in þe seyd court it is proceded ageyn þe seyd Adam.
- (1433) RParl.4.441b : Your saide Warde..besekes..yat in yis matier nothing be proceded nor putte in execution to his disheritance.
- a1500(?a1450) GRom.(Hrl 7333)10 : We aske of you þat it be procedid aȝenst him, as owith to be don aȝen a breker of þe lawe.
5.
(a) To emanate from (God), originate in; ~ from (of); (b) to come from (sb. or sth.), result from; grow out of, be born of; ~ from, ~ (oute) of; ben proceded from; (c) to be consistent with (sth.), follow from; ~ of.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1380) Chaucer CT.SN.(Manly-Rickert)G.328 : The goost that fro the fader gan procede Hath souled hem.
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))John 15.26 : The cumfortour schal come..a spirit of treuthe, the whiche procedith, or cometh forth [vr. precedeth; L procedit], of the fadir.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.3063 : God, of whom procedeth al vertu and al goodnesse..hym sente a wyf of so greet discrecioun.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)1.pr.6.49 : Thou wost wel whennes that alle thynges bien comen and proceded.
- ?a1500 O sapiencia (Hrl 45)2 : O Sapiencia of þe ffader, surmountyng all thyng, Procedyng from his mowthe, his hestis to fulfill.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)211/19 : Þe Holy Gost hath þe same propirteys euyn wyth þe Fadyr & þe Sone, procedyng of hem bothyn.
- (c1443) Pecock Rule (Mrg M 519)71 : Þe sone is gendrid of þe fadir, and þe holigoost procediþ and takiþ his beyng of þe fadir and þe sone.
- c1450 Spec.Chr.(2) (Hrl 6580)190/2 : God es to be worschiped a-bouen al thynges..of whom al gud thynges proceden.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)112/31 : The creacion of man proceded onely of Him that made all thing of nought.
- ?a1500 Job (Hnt HM 140)54 : He..thankith god..For of hym and from hym procedeth all gode ure.
b
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.360 : Thy swevenes..procede of thi malencolie.
- a1425 Dial.Reason & A.(Cmb Ii.6.39)13/5 : Fro depe rotes and derke proceden deleitable braunches.
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)3.pr.10.30 : The nature of thinges..procedith of thinges that ben alle hole and absolut.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(3) (Htrn 95)39b/b : Summe sinewes growen oþer proceden [Ch.(2): spryngeþ; L oriuntur] oute of þe hinder partie, out of þe nuca, þe whiche descendeþ fro þe braine.
- ?a1425 Orch.Syon (Hrl 3432)234/28 : This is þe doctryn of liȝt comynge and procedynge of þat glorious liȝt, whereynne a soule renneþ rapte in loue.
- (?a1430) Hoccl.Ad Filium (Hnt HM 744)32 : Whens comth the loue we feele in thee brenne? Fro whens eek is procedid thy pitee?
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)4.191 : He tofforn hadde had aveseoun, How ther shold oon procedyn of his lyne Which sholde hym putte out of his regeoun.
- c1450(?a1422) Lydg.LOL (Dur-U Cosin V.2.16)3.1410 : His..mother shall come of the kynrede Of the Ebrwes..And oute of hem even Ilyke procede As dothe a floure oute of the rough spyne.
- c1475 St.Anne(2) (Trin-C R.3.21)259 : Blyssyd Ioachym..Of whom procedyd euyn naturally The most blessyd and glorious virgyn.
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)117/2 : Thi argument procedith of ignoraunce.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)1609 : Ouer her heede houyd a culuer..Oute of whos byll procedyd a gret leme Downward to Doctryne.
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- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)3.3886 : Of riȝtwysnes it may nat procede, Þat oþer I or any oþer wiȝt Shulde hym loue, þat with al his myȝt My deth pursuwet.
- (1432) Paston (Gairdner)2.37 : It procedeth of thassent..of my Lord of Gloucestre and alle my Lordes of the Kinges Counsail that the King be chastised for his defaultes.
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Error for preceden: to surpass.
Associated quotations
- a1500 Chartier Treat.Hope (Rwl A.338)116/22 : He which began to love afore or man lovid Him, His love procedith in chyerte all othir loves.