Meaning of PRECURSORY
| Pronunciation: | | pri'kursuree
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| | Definition: | | [adj] warning of future misfortune |
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| | Synonyms: | | premonitory, prophetic, prophetical |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pre*cur"so*ry\, a. [L. praecursorius.]
Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something
to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.
\Pre*cur"so*ry\, n.
An introduction. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | antecedent, anterior, augural, chief, exordial, first, foreboding, foregoing, foremost, forerunning, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foretokening, forewarning, heading, headmost, heavy with meaning, inaugural, indicative, initiatory, intuitive, leading, meaningful, monitory, portentous, precautional, precautionary, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursive, predictive, prefatory, prefigurative, preindicative, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, premonitory, preparatory, presageful, presaging, prevenient, prior, prodromal, prodromic, proemial, prognostic, prognosticative, propaedeutic, significant, warning |
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