precurse

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

precurses

V_ing/Gerund

precursing

V_ed/pp

precursed

1.
(transitive)To forerun or precede.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

precurses

1.
(archaic)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)

Nguồn gốc từ

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