PRECURRENT
\pɹɪkˈʌɹənt], \pɹɪkˈʌɹənt], \p_ɹ_ɪ_k_ˈʌ_ɹ_ə_n_t]\
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pr[=e]-kur'ent, adj. running forward: antrorse--opp. to Recurrent.--ns. PRECURR'ER (Shak.), a forerunner; PRECURSE' (Shak.), a prognostication.--adj. PRECUR'SIVE, anticipatory.--n. PRECUR'SOR, a forerunner: one who, or that which, indicates the approach of an event.--adj. PRECUR'SORY, forerunning: indicating something to follow. [L.,--præ, before, cursor--curr[)e]re, to run.]
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hydromorphic
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