5. Precede. To go before in order of time.
6. To go on or forward; as proceed with your work.
7. Recede. To go back from a given position.
8. To go aside; to separate; as to secede from the church.
9. To go or follow after in order of time; as, one shock succeeded another with great rapidity.
Note 1.—The principal parts of the Latin verb are cedo, cedere, cessi, cessum. From this it appears that words 10-18 above are kindred in meaning and correspond to words 1-9.
Note 2.—Observe that in three of these words the root is spelled ceed, in the others cede.
cent—hundred.
| 1. cent enni al, year | 3. centi meter, measure |
| 2. centi grade, step, degree | 4. centi ped, foot |
| 5. per cent, by | |
1. Happening once in a hundred years. The Centennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia in 1876, one hundred years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.