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Preface
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What's The Definition Of Preface?
[n] a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
[v] furnish with a preface Synonyms | Synonyms for Preface: foreword | introduce | premise | prolusion Related Terms | Find terms related to Preface: acknowledgments | anteriority | avant-propos | back | back matter | bastard title | begin | bibliography | bold front | brave face | brave front | breakthrough | catch line | catchword | colophon | contents | contents page | copyright page | dedication | display | endleaf | endpaper | endsheet | errata | exordium | facade | face | facet | facia | flyleaf | folio | fore | fore edge | forefront | foreground | forehand | foreland | forepart | forequarter | foreside | foreword | front | front elevation | front man | front matter | front page | front view | frontage | frontal | frontier | frontispiece | half-title page | head | heading | imprint | index | innovation | inscription | introduce | introduction | lap | lead | leaf | leap | makeup | obverse | open | overture | page | postulate | preamble | precede | prefix | prefixture | preliminaries | preliminary | prelude | premise | presupposition | priority | proem | prolegomena | prolegomenon | prolepsis | prologize | prologue | proscenium | protasis | recto | reverso | running title | signature | subtitle | table of contents | tail | text | title | title page | trim size | type page | usher | verse | verso | voluntary | window dressing See Also | introduction | preamble | prologise | prologize | say | state | tell | text | textual matter Preface In Webster's Dictionary \Pref"ace\ (?; 48), n. [F. pr['e]face; cf. Sp. prefacio,
prefacion, It. prefazio, prefazione; all fr. L. praefatio,
fr. praefari to speak or say beforehand; prae before + fari,
fatus, to speak. See {Fate}.]
1. Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or
written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an
introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy
praise. --Shak.
Heaven's high behest no preface needs. --Milton.
2. (R. C. Ch.) The prelude or introduction to the canon of
the Mass. --Addis & Arnold.
{Proper preface} (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.), a portion
of the communion service, preceding the prayer of
consecration, appointed for certain seasons.
Syn: Introduction; preliminary; preamble; proem; prelude;
prologue.
\Pref"ace\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefaced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Prefacing}.] To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse. \Pref"ace\, v. i. To make a preface. --Jer. Taylor. |
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