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[ricardienne]

Dear Self:

"Postcede" is not a word although it should be. STOP USING IT.

(But really: we have "antecede" and "precede": Why don't we have a corresponding word meaning "come after"?)

Comments

[existentialgoat.livejournal.com]

Postdate? Isn't that a word? Maybe?

[ricardienne.livejournal.com]

It is... but it isn't parallel to "antecede." Although there is "succeed."

[existentialgoat.livejournal.com]

Clearly, it should be spelled "succede."

antonym

[(Anonymous)]

wouldn't the correct word for 'postcede' be procede?

Re: antonym

[ricardienne.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure that *procede is any more standard English than *postcede, but it's very elegant!