forerun

[ fawr-ruhn, fohr- ]

/ fɔrˈrʌn, foʊr- /

to run in front of; come before; precede.

to be the precursor or harbinger of; prefigure.

to anticipate or foretell.

to forestall.

to outrun or outstrip.

Origin of forerun

1505–15; fore- + run; probably not continuous with Middle English forerennen (intransitive) to run ahead, Old English fōryrnan

The comet was the talk, especially in the evening, of the world, as it was taken to forerun disasters.

The Lincoln Story Book |Henry L. Williams
It cannot forerun the limitations of its day, nor anticipate the conquests and common possessions of the future.

Spenser |R. W. Church
True that the overthrow of Constantinople had forerun this event by nearly half a century.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 |Various
I saw evidences of war-paint and a recent war-dance that forerun an Indian attack.

Vanguards of the Plains |Margaret McCarter

The President's secret had been well kept, and for once rumor had not forerun execution.

Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II |John T. Morse

forerun

/ (fɔːˈrʌn) /

to serve as a herald for

to go before; precede

to prevent or forestall