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English Dictionary: Precursor by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precursor
n
  1. a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)
  2. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
    Synonym(s): precursor, forerunner
  3. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
    Synonym(s): harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Precursor \Pre*cur"sor\, n. [L. praecursor, fr. praecurrere to
      run before; prae before + currere to run. See {Course}.]
      One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its
      approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.
  
               Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all
               the storms and tempests of the soul.      --Buckminster.
  
      Syn: Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen;
               sign.
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