Precurse

//pɹɪˈkɜɹs// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A prediction, a prognostication. archaic

    "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)"

Verb
  1. 1
    To forerun or precede. transitive

    "It is true that competition in capitalism precurses new economic order."

Synonyms

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announceantecedeantedateanticipateforerungo before

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"It is true that competition in capitalism precurses new economic order."

Etymology

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

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