Definition of Preface. Meaning of Preface. Synonyms of Preface

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Definition of Preface

Preface
Preface 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.
Preface
Preface Pref"ace, v. i. To make a preface. --Jer. Taylor.

Meaning of Preface from wikipedia

- A preface (/ˈprɛfəs/) or proem (/ˈproʊɛm/) is an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. An introductory essay written...
- The Preface to Lyrical Ballads is an essay, composed by William Wordsworth, for the second edition published in 1800 of the poetry collection Lyrical...
- The Book of Prefaces, is a 2000 book "edited and glossed"[citation needed] by the Scottish artist and novelist Alasdair Gray. It s****s to provide a history...
- A Book of Prefaces is H. L. Mencken's 1917 collection of essays criticizing American culture, authors, and movements. Mencken described the work as "[My]...
- The preface paradox, or the paradox of the preface, was introduced by David Makinson in 1965. Similar to the lottery paradox, it presents an argument according...
- The Geely Xingrui or Geely Preface is a mid-size sedan produced by Geely for China since 2020. It was revealed in September 2020 at Auto China. The Geely...
- Preface may refer to: Preface, an introduction to a book or other literary work written by the work's author. Preface (liturgy), portion of the Eucharistic...
- The Preface is the debut album of rapper eLZhi, released 12 August 2008 on Fat Beats Records. It features many other Detroit's MCs including Royce Da...
- In liturgical use the term preface is a formal thanksgiving that immediately precedes (or forms part of) the Canon, Eucharistic Prayer, Prayer of Consecration...
- pinyin: Lántíngjí Xù; lit. 'Preface to the Poems Collected from the Orchid Pavilion'), or Lanting Xu ("Orchid Pavilion Preface"), is a piece of Chinese calligraphy...