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precursive, a.|prɪˈkɜːsɪv|
[f. L. præcurs- (see precurse v.) + -ive.]
= precursory.
a1814Sorceress ii. ii. in New Brit. Theatre III. 14 Does thy simple mind See the precursive harbingers of woe Like brooding guilt? 1845New Statist. Acc. Scot. XIX. 281 A groundswell precursive of a storm rolls in. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xviii. 362 These rumours were..the precursive shadows which are said to be cast by coming events. |