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precurrent, a.|prɪˈkʌrənt|
[ad. L. præcurrens, -entem, pres. pple. of præcurrĕre to run before, precede: see pre- A. 1 and current a.]
1. Occurring beforehand; forerunning, precursory.
1628J. Hume Jewes Deliv. ii. 29 The precurrent signes of the day of Iudgement. 1799M. Underwood Dis. Childr. (ed. 4) I. 192 An account of the various precurrent symptoms. 1893Athenæum 2 Sept. 310/3 Precurrent symptoms of the transition to some such society.
2. Anat. Running or extending forward, i.e. towards the front or head. Opposed to recurrent.
1890in Cent. Dict. |