Defn: A precursor. [Obs.] Shak.
PRECURSE
Pre*curse", n. Etym: [L. praecursus.]
Defn: A forerunning. [Obs.] Shak.
PRECURSIVE
Pre*cur"sive, a.
Defn: Preceding; introductory; precursory. "A deep precursive sound."
Coleridge.
PRECURSOR Pre*cur"sor, n. Etym: [L. praecursor, fr. praecurrere to run before; prae before + currere to run. See Course.]
Defn: One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its approach; a forerunner; a harbinger. Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms and tempests of the soul. Buckminster.
Syn.
— Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen; sign.
PRECURSORSHIP
Pre*cur"sor*ship, n.
Defn: The position or condition of a precursor. Ruskin.