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[syn: precursory, premonitory]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Precursory \Pre*cur"so*ry\, a. [L. praecursorius.]
Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something
to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Precursory \Pre*cur"so*ry\, n.
An introduction. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
precursory
adj 1: warning of future misfortune [syn: precursory,
premonitory]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "precursory":
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