Preamble
(Pre"am`ble), v. t. & i. To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble. [R.] Feltham.
Milton.
Preambulary
(Pre*am"bu*la*ry) a. [Cf. OF. preambulaire.] Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained
or provided for in a preamble. "A preambulary tax." [R.] Burke.
Preambulate
(Pre*am"bu*late) v. i. [L. praeambulare. See Preamble.] To walk before. [R.] Jordan.
Preambulation
(Pre*am`bu*la"tion) n.
1. A walking or going before; precedence. [R.]
2. A preamble. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Preambulatory
(Pre*am"bu*la*to*ry) a. Preceding; going before; introductory. [R.]
Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties.
Jer. Taylor. Preambulous
(Pre*am"bu*lous) a. [See Preamble, n.] See Perambulatory. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Preannounce
(Pre`an*nounce") v. t. To announce beforehand. Coleridge.
Preantenultimate
(Pre*an`te*nul"ti*mate) a. Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a
word, or that before the antepenult.
Preaortic
(Pre`a*or"tic) a. (Anat.) In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.
Preappoint
(Pre`ap*point") v. t. To appoint previously, or beforehand. Carlyle.
Preappointment
(Pre`ap*point"ment) n. Previous appointment.
Preapprehension
(Pre*ap`pre*hen"sion) n. An apprehension or opinion formed before examination or
knowledge. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Prearm
(Pre*arm") v. t. To forearm. [R.]
Prearrange
(Pre`ar*range") v. t. To arrange beforehand.
Prease
(Prease) v. t. & i. To press; to crowd. [Obs.] — n. A press; a crowd. [Obs.] Spenser.
Preassurance
(Pre`as*sur"ance) n. Previous assurance. Coleridge.
Preataxic
(Pre`a*tax"ic) a. (Med.) Occurring before the symptom ataxia has developed; — applied to
the early symptoms of locomotor ataxia.
Preaudience
(Pre*au"di*ence) n. (Eng. Law) Precedence of rank at the bar among lawyers. Blackstone.
Preaxial
(Pre*ax"i*al) a. (Anat.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp.,
in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb.
Prebend
(Preb"end) n. [F. prébende from L. praebenda, from L. praebere to hold forth, afford, contr. fr.
praehibere; prae before + habere to have, hold. See Habit, and cf. Provender.]
1. A payment or stipend; esp., the stipend or maintenance granted to a prebendary out of the estate of a
cathedral or collegiate church with which he is connected. See Note under Benefice.
2. A prebendary. [Obs.] Bacon.
