forerun
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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.
From Time Magazine Archive
The necessities of the old man prefigure and forerun the dawn of the immortal childhood.
From Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 by MacDonald, George
My wretchedness unto a row of pins, They will talk of state, for every one doth so Against a change: woe is forerun with woe.
From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William
But like many other incredible conceptions which have forerun their own still more incredible fulfillment, the very thought electrifies us with hope and courage.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
Indeed, the signs of his fall, or those that forerun it, are terrible, and amazing to behold.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
