forerun
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It may, however, forerun a wartime wave of back-to-the-bed "escape" novels.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Indeed, the signs of his fall, or those that forerun it, are terrible and amazing to behold.
From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John
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)
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
From King Richard II by Shakespeare, William
Peace, untaught Groome, My heart's so great that Ide forerun my doome.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)