Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PREF'ACE
PREF'ACE, v.t.
- To introduce by preliminary remarks; as, to preface a book or discourse. The advocate prefaced his arguments with a history of the case.
- To face; to cover; a ludicrous sense. Not prefacing old rags with plush. – Cleaveland.
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