Meanings
precursive1
adjectiveprecursive (not comparable)
- not comparablePreceding; introductory; precursory.
But soon a deep precursive sound moan'd hollow.
1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Destiny of Nations
precursive2
adjectiveprecursive (not comparable)
- not comparableBeing a style of handwriting that can later be developed into cursive.
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Rhymes with precursive
recursivesubversiveimmersivecursivediscursivedispersiveaversiveconversivenonrecursiveabstersiveadversiveanimadversiveantidiscursiveantisubversiveaspersivecompersivecontraversiveco-recursivecounterdiscursivecountersubversivecyberdiscursivedetersiveelectrodispersiveeversive
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APA
precursive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precursive
MLA
“precursive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precursive. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precursive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precursive.
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