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forerun

[fawr-ruhn, fohr-] / fɔrˈrʌn, foʊr- /








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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The cape jasmine wore hundreds of her own white favors, whose fragrance forerun the sight.

From Dr. Sevier by Cable, George Washington

Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!

From The White Devil by Webster, John

Does ulceration occur in the stomach or intestines, and threaten to penetrate through them—inflammation will often forerun and provide against the danger—glue the threatened membrane to whatever surface may be next it....

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George




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