forerun en · VERB
Etymology
From fore- + run. Piecewise cognate of Swedish förrinna.
Meanings
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To run in front.
Bailey still sat, doubled over his book […] A finger forerunning his eyes along the page.
1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 22, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 131:
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To precede; to forecast or foreshadow.
And in herself she moan’d, ‘Too late, too late!’ / Till in the cold wind that foreruns the morn, / A blot in heaven, the Raven, flying high, / Croak’d, […]
1859, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC:Discontent foreran the Two Mutinies, and more or less it lurkingly survived them.
1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter V.”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC:These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene 4]:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| foreran | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| foreruns | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| forerunning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| forerun | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (2)
la antecurrō (to run in front) · la praecurrō (to run in front)