Forerun

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Forerun \Fore*run"\, v. t.
     1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something
        following).
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     2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to


        introduce as a harbinger; to announce.
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              These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
                                                    --Shak.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "forerun":
     announce, antecede, antedate, anticipate, be before, be early,
     blaze the trail, break the trail, come before, foreglimpse,
     foresee, foreshow, forestall, foretaste, get ahead of, give notice,
     go before, go off half-cocked, guide, harbinger, herald, introduce,
     jump the gun, lead, notify, pace, pioneer, preannounce, precede,
     precurse, predate, preexist, preindicate, presage, proclaim,
     run before, usher in, win the start