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preface

('pr/E/f/I/s )

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book(noun.communication)

Synonym:
foreword, prolusion

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

furnish with a preface or introduction(verb.communication)

Example:
He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution.

Synonym:
introduce, precede, premise

source: wordnet30
To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.(verb)

source: webster1913
To make a preface.(verb)

source: webster1913

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