PRECURSE

Etymology

Verb

precurse (third-person singular simple present precurses, present participle precursing, simple past and past participle precursed)

(transitive) To forerun or precede.

Noun

precurse (plural precurses)

(archaic) A prediction, a prognostication.

Anagrams

• precures

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*curse", n. Etym: [L. praecursus.]

Definition: A forerunning. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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