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forerun

[fawr-ruhn, fohr-] / fɔrˈrʌn, foʊr- /








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

From Time Magazine Archive

Even so, it is not quick enough, I fear, to forerun the whims of goddesses.

From Jurgen A Comedy of Justice by Cabell, James Branch

The cape jasmine wore hundreds of her own white favors, whose fragrance forerun the sight.

From Dr. Sevier by Cable, George Washington

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)

Indeed, the signs of his fall, or those that forerun it, are terrible, and amazing to behold.

From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John




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