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Definition of Forerunning
1. forerun [v] - See also: forerun
Lexicographical Neighbors of Forerunning
Literary usage of Forerunning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock, James Strong, Roul Tunley (1883)
"... his lirst disciples, mon minerals, such as silver from the lead ore with '
might be called preparatory and forerunning movements which it was combined ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Goodwin, D.D. by Thomas Goodwin (1861)
"... I say, this is the forerunning shadow. And, indeed, thus have the writers of
all ages since Christ understood it. For when they speak of that day, ..."
3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... with prying eyes, And hands of busy bold emprise ; Like Hermes feather'd were
her feet, And, like forerunning Fancy, fleet : By search untaught, ..."
4. Elementary Meteorology by William Morris Davis (1894)
"The coming of a well-formed summer thunder storm is heralded by a forerunning
layer of cirro-stratus cloud, c, c, Fig. 88, commonly appearing in the west ..."
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