forerun
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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the water's countenance Blurrs 'twixt glance and second glance; When our tattered smokes forerun.
From Songs from Books by Kipling, Rudyard
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
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
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
