forerun
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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.
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Peace, untaught Groome, My heart's so great that Ide forerun my doome.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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
Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!
From The White Devil by Webster, John
Yet this I have ever noted when thou wast thus, It still forerun some strange event: my Sister Died when thou wast thus last: hark hark, ho, What mournfull noise is this comes creeping forward?
From The Mad Lover The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (3 of 10) by Beaumont, Francis