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Webster 1913 Edition

Precursor

Pre-cur′sor

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Precursor

PRECURS'OR

,
Noun.
[L. proecursor, supra.] A forerunner; a harbinger; he or that which precedes an event and indicates its approach; as Jove's lightnings, the precursors of thunder.
A cloud in the southwest, in winter, is often the precursor of a snow storm. A hazy atmosphere in the west, at sunset, is often the precursor of a cloudy or of a rainy day.
Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms and tempests of the soul.

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