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

It was in my sleep; but then, it was one of those dreams that always forerun the reality.

From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various

Prosperity forerun thee; Awkward chance Never be neighbour to thy wishes' venture: Content and Fame advance thee; ever thrive, And Glory thy mortality survive.

From Locrine/Mucedorus by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

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