pre-sayv.
Misreading of pre-fac'd (see quot. 1722).
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1722 S. Sewall Diary 25 Sept. (1882) III. 996 Sung 4 Staves of the 80th Psalm, the last of it; only pre-said [ed. 1973 prefac'd] it with, From Egypt, &c., four Lines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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