1681 28 In Sodom and Gomorrah, was given a pre-appearance of the final Judgment upon the World.
1851 2 Aug. 198/1 The portion he wrote was never published, owing chiefly to the pre-appearance of other similar publications.
1987 97 865 Bloch continues to take them [sc. myths, etc.] seriously..as anticipations and preappearances of something to be achieved in the future.