Definition for PRE'AM-BLE

PRE'AM-BLE, n. [It. preambolo; Sp. preambulo; Fr. préambule; L. præ, before, and ambulo, to go.]

  1. Something previous introduction to a discourse or writing.
  2. The introductory part of a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law. – Encyc. Dryden.

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