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precursory, a. (n.)|prɪˈkɜːsərɪ|
[ad. L. præcursōrius: see precursor and -ory2.]
A. adj. Having the character of a precursor; running before or preceding, esp. as the harbinger or presage of something to follow; preliminary, introductory. Const. of.
1599Sandys Europæ Spec. (1632) 125 After the kindling of many precursorie lights of knowledge. 1669W. Simpson Hydrol. Chym. 77 Being a precursory provision to that end. 1796Hist. in Ann. Reg. 16/1 Reprobated..as precursory of far greater evils. a1883D. King in Mem. (1885) 357, I cannot regard it [Pentecost] as the precursory advent here designed. 1899Allbutt's Syst. Med. VI. 835 Another symptom which is sometimes precursory of exophthalmic goitre.
B. n. (the adj. used absol.) A precursory fact, condition, or symptom; an antecedent.
a1660Hammond Serm. Ezek. xvi. 30 Wks. 1684 IV. 568 Virtue is the way to Truth: Purity of affections a necessary precursory to depth of knowledge. 1822Good Study Med. II. 692 Yet not unfrequently the blood issues suddenly without any of these precursories. |