forerun

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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.

From Time Magazine Archive

I saw evidences of war-paint and a recent war-dance that forerun an Indian attack.

From Vanguards of the Plains by McCarter, Margaret Hill

To forerun any possible apprehension that he was going to extricate himself and leave her, he held her with considerable firmness, whispering encouragement into her ear the while.

From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Curtis, Wardon Allan

He called to his mind the various portents and prophecies which had forerun their present danger.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

The comet was the talk, especially in the evening, of the world, as it was taken to forerun disasters.

From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn