forerun
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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.
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He only wondered what strange experience this blindfold journey was to forerun.
From The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest by Cullum, Ridgwell
Gone, gone, gone! they have fled before the piercing and terrible winds that forerun the storms and the hurricanes.
From Adventures in the Philippine Islands by La Gironière, Paul P. de
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
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