Fore*run" (?), v. t. 1. To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of
(something following).
2. To come before as an earnest of something to follow; to introduce as
a harbinger; to announce.
These signs forerun the death or fall of kings.
Shak.
Fore*run"ner (?), n. 1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the
approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a
prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus.
Heb. vi. 20.
My elder brothers, my forerunners, came.
Dryden.