forerun
[verb]
Synonyms: precede, antecede, antedate, pace, predate, announce, foreshow, harbinger, herald, preindicate, presage

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forerun verb. [fɔ:'rʌn] Infl. -nn-. Pa. t. -ran [-'ran]; pa. pple -run. OE.
[from FORE- + RUN verb.]
1. verb intrans. Run on in front. OE-M17.

2. verb trans.
a. Run in front of, precede; act as herald of. ME-M18.
b. Be the precursor of (a future event etc.), indicate the coming of, foreshadow. L16.

3. verb trans. Outrun, outstrip, (now only fig.). E16.
■ R. W. Church Even genius..cannot forerun the limitations of its day.

4. verb trans. Anticipate, forestall. L16.
Times Literary Supplement Akenside who foreran e. e. cummings by using lower case 'i' for the first person pronoun.

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