/fawr run", fohr-/ , v.t., foreran, forerun, forerunning .
1. to run in front of; come before; precede.
2. to be the precursor or harbinger of; prefigure.
3. to anticipate or foretell.
4. to forestall.
5. to outrun or outstrip.
[ 1505-15; FORE- + RUN; prob. not continuous with ME forerennen (intrans.) to run ahead, OE foryrnan ]