forerun
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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
The comet was the talk, especially in the evening, of the world, as it was taken to forerun disasters.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Williams, Henry Llewellyn
Men of letters forerun science as the morning star the dawn.
From Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country by Smith, Alexander
O, this same thought did but forerun my need; And this same needy man must sell it me.
From Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, William
