precurse

verb
/pɹɪˈkɜɹs/US

Etymology

English pre- + curse, from Latin praecursum (supine of praecurrō [“run before”]).

  1. inherited from cors
  2. inherited from curse
  3. prefixed as precurse — “pre + curse

Definitions

  1. To forerun or precede.

    • It is true that competition in capitalism precurses new economic order.
  2. A prediction, a prognostication.

    • And even the like precurse of fierce events, As harbingers preceding still the fates And prologue to the omen coming on, Have heaven and earth together demonstrated Unto our climatures and countrymen. (Shakespeare)

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA