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▪ I. † preˈcourse, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. præcurs-us: see precurse n.]
Forerunning, anticipation, anticipatory action.
1678Marvell Def. J. Howe Wks. (Grosart) IV. 226 If God do not determine men to such wicked actions by concourse, he doth it..by precourse. 1786A. Gib Sacr. Contempl. III. 470 According to the doctrine of Calvinists, there is a precourse or predetermination of the divine power in respect to every action of the Soul.
▪ II. precourse, v. rare.|prɪˈkɔəs|
[f. L. præcurs-, ppl. stem of præcurrĕre: see precurse v.]
trans. To run before, forerun, herald, prognosticate. In quot. 1847 intr., to act as a precursor.
1847Tait's Mag. XIV. 643 The precursors are understood to be gentlemen in the transition state towards repeal. Some of them have, however, denied that they can be said to ‘precourse’ in this form. 1888Clark Russell Death Ship xl, The weighty swells which had precoursed the growth of the storm had run away down the eastern waters. |