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foreword|ˈfɔəwɜːd, ˈfɔːwəd|
[f. fore- prefix + word. Cf. Ger. vorwort.]
A word said before something else; hence, an introduction, a preface.
1842G. W. Dasent tr. Prose or Younger Edda Pref. 6 The Translator..has felt no hesitation in placing the ‘Foreword to the Edda’..at the end of the volume. 1868Furnivall (title), The Babees Book, etc...with some Forewords on Education in early England. 187919th Cent. June 1092 After these few forewords I will quote the letter. 1888Besant Inner House v, All the dancing, courting, pretty speeches, and tender looks, meant only the fore-words of Love in earnest. |