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▪ I. † preˈcurse, n. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. præcurs-us a running before, from præcurrĕre: see next and precurrent.]
Forerunning, heralding, foretokening. So preˈcursal a. rare—1, of or pertaining to a forerunner, precursory.
1602Shakes. Ham. i. i. 121 And even the like precurse of fierce events, As harbingers preceding still the fates. 1817G. S. Faber Eight Dissert. (1845) I. 262 When John began his precursal ministry.
▪ II. precurse, v. rare.|prɪˈkɜːs|
[f. L. præcurs-, ppl. stem of præcurrĕre (see precurrent); so F. précurser (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
trans. To run or occur before; hence, to herald, foretoken, prognosticate. Hence preˈcursing ppl. a.
1865S. Wilberforce Sp. Missions (1874) 173 This which we hear whispered there, and see spreading we know not how through the air, is just the precursing atmosphere which comes before his [Antichrist's] advent. 1891Froude Erasmus viii. (1895) 155 You cannot regard heresy and schism and precursing antichrist as trifles. |