forerun
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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.
From Time Magazine Archive
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William
The President's secret had been well kept, and for once rumor had not forerun execution.
From Abraham Lincoln, Volume II by Morse, John T. (John Torrey)
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
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
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