forerun

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Woe to light hearts, they still forerun our fall!

From The White Devil by Webster, John

But the reflexes have a machine-like fatality, and conscious aim does not forerun their execution.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" 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)

It cannot forerun the limitations of its day, nor anticipate the conquests and common possessions of the future.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)