precursory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite warning of future misfortune
    premonitory.

WordNet

Pre*cur"so*ry adjective
Etymology
L. praecursorius.
Definitions
  1. Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.
Pre*cur"so*ry noun
Definitions
  1. An introduction. Obs.

Webster 1913