"precurse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹɪˈkɜɹs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precurse.wav Forms: precurses [plural]
Etymology: English pre- + curse, from Latin praecursum (supine of praecurrō [“run before”]). Etymology templates: {{pre|en|pre|curse}} pre- + curse, {{uder|en|la|praecursum|}} Latin praecursum Head templates: {{en-noun}} precurse (plural precurses)
  1. (archaic) A prediction, a prognostication. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-precurse-en-noun-PV1Jz9U- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 70 30 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 85 15

Verb

IPA: /pɹɪˈkɜɹs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-precurse.wav Forms: precurses [present, singular, third-person], precursing [participle, present], precursed [participle, past], precursed [past]
Etymology: English pre- + curse, from Latin praecursum (supine of praecurrō [“run before”]). Etymology templates: {{pre|en|pre|curse}} pre- + curse, {{uder|en|la|praecursum|}} Latin praecursum Head templates: {{en-verb}} precurse (third-person singular simple present precurses, present participle precursing, simple past and past participle precursed)
  1. (transitive) To forerun or precede. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-precurse-en-verb-tVGPOYL5

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