preluden.

Brit.

/ˈprɛljuːd/, U.S.

/ˈprɛlˌjud/,

/ˈpreɪˌlud/

Forms: 1500s–1600s praelude, 1500s– prelude.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prélude; Latin praeludium.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French French prélude series of notes sung or played to exercise the voice or practise a musical instrument (1530; also musical composition with the character of an improvisation (1690)), introduction, preliminary action (1535), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin praeludium preliminary action, series of notes played before a piece of music (see preludium n.). Compare Catalan preludis (plural) preparatory exercises (c1629), Spanish preludios (plural) preparations, exercises, rehearsals (1454–7), preludio preface, prologue (1496), Portuguese prelúdio introduction, preparation (16th cent.), Italian preludio introduction, preparation (a1472), piece of music (1758).With sense 2 compare a1200 in Thesaurus Novus Latinitatis (Classicorum Auctorum e Vaticanis Codicibus Editorum VIII) (1836) 467/1 Praeludium, parvus ludus maiorem praecedens.

1. A preliminary action, or condition, preceding and introducing one of more importance; an introduction, a preface; a precursor.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > matter preceding text > preface

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preliminary1888

prelims1921

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction

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preparation1526

introduction1529

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prelude1548

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isagoge1652

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programma1711

foreword1842

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pronaos1894

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epitext1978

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Mark xiii. f. lxxxiv^v, in Paraphr. New Test. They shall only be preludes [L. præludia] of the ende y^t is to come.

1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxviii. 227 It is well knowen that dancing can be no better but a prelude to whoredome, to open an entrie purposely vnto Satan.

c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 220 To bring this Kirk of Scotland backward to them [sc. Popish ceremonies], (a prelude whereof wes vote in Parliament so eagerlie gone about by the King).

1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 5 My warbling Lute..Was but a prelude to that Glorious Day.

a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 97 Their smiles are but the preludes of their hate.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 562 They considered these alarming strokes as the prelude only of still more dreadful calamities.

1844 C. Dickens Let. 24 Aug. (1977) IV. 185 They say it is the prelude to clear weather.

1892 J. Earle Deeds of Beowulf p. xxiv It is not easy to account for this Prelude, which really throws no light on the poem, nor in any way helps the narrative.

1948 A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country iii. i. 215 For this is a prelude, it is only a beginning.

1987 E. Ronay Bird's Eye Guide Healthy Eating Out 244 Grapefruit or fresh orange juice is a prelude to porridge or granola and yoghurt.

2003 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 Aug. 10 The parliamentary election could be a prelude to political and economic changes.

†2. A preliminary play, performed before the main play. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > prelude or prologue

banec1440

bannsc1440

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prelude1616

anteludea1687

1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 242 Cri. It is the sute of the strange opponent.., to see some light stroke of his play, commenc'd with some other... Amo. Is it your sute, Monsieur, to see some prælude of my scholer?

3. Music. Originally: †a short, often extemporized, piece of music played before another in order to tune an instrument or allow an instrumentalist to warm up (obsolete). Now: (a) a piece designed as the formal introduction to a musical work, esp. a movement preceding a fugue or forming the first piece of a suite; (b) a short, independent piece for a particular instrument, esp. the piano. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > main division of opus > prelude

prelude?1637

descant1644

preludio1724

research1728

vorspiel1876

?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art of Rhetorique iii. xiii. 180 In some kinds of Orations it resembles the Prelude of Musitians, who first play what they list, and afterwards the tune they intended.

1685 London Gaz. No. 2081/4 Airs for the Violin: To wit, Preludes, Fuges, Allmands, Sarabands.

1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. ii. 35 O welcome Messenger!—How sweetly sounds Thy Prelude!

1798 M. Wollstonecraft Maria ii. xii My spirits were all in arms, and I played a kind of extemporary prelude.

1830 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 69 So the hoarse thunder Growl'd long—but low—a prelude note of death.

1865 Times 26 May 1/3 Miss Madelaine Schiller's Grand Concert will take place this evening..when she will play..grand prelude in E flat major, Chopin.

1880 Ld. Tennyson Sisters in Ballads & Other Poems 2 By their clash, And prelude on the keys, I know the song.

1948 Introd. Classic Japanese Lit. 141 The regular kazuramono contains a jonomai, a dance consisting of five movements and a prelude.

1960 E. Bodky Interpr. Bach's Keyboard Wks. vi. 191 It is quite obvious that in the Prelude in F sharp major, W.K. II, the overdotted playing creates no difficulties at all.

2005 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 28 Nov. (features section) 77 Tognetti's arrangements of two piano preludes by Debussy were quirky and not entirely convincing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

preludev.

Brit.

/ˈprɛljuːd/, U.S.

/ˈprɛlˌjud/,

/ˈpreɪˌlud/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin praelūdere ; prelude n.

Etymology: Either < classical Latin praelūdere to compose a prelude, to make a trial attempt, in post-classical Latin also to introduce, foreshadow (late 4th or early 5th cent.) < prae- pre- prefix + lūdere to play (see ludent n.), or < prelude n. Compare French préluder to start a minor task before a more important one (1657), to exercise the voice or practise a musical instrument (1660), to improvise on a musical instrument (1678), Italian preludere to announce, precede (1628).All the verse quots. and the dictionaries down to c1830 have /priːˈljuːd/; Smart 1836 has /ˈprɛljuːd/, after the noun, and this is now usual, especially in sense 3. Tennyson has both: see quots.

a. intransitive. To form or act as a prelude, to be introductory to a subsequent work, action, event, etc. Formerly also occasionally with of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be introductory

prelude1631

1631 W. Twisse Discov. D. Iacksons Vanitie viii. 256 The matter of your discourse being of Gods infinite wisedome, and to that purpose preluding of the imperfect wisedom of man.

1696 J. Dennis Remarks Prince Arthur 215 No Man ever writ an Epick Poem, without writing Verses preluding to it.

1714 J. Hughes tr. Claudian Rape of Proserpine ii. 24 The Dawn began its Blushes to display With orient Beams, preluding to the Day.

1745 ‘S. Gundy’ & ‘M. Merrypin’ Muse's Vagaries I. 11 The Pipe was out, an eager Kiss Preluded to th'ensuing Bliss.

1838–43 T. Arnold Hist. Rome III. xliii. 140 The skirmishing of the light-armed troops preluded as usual to the battle.

1865 G. Grote Plato I. xvii. 482 Much dramatic incident..preluding to the substantive discussion.

1932 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 42 465 The unseemly behavior of Homer's Olympians is not Ionic levity and skepticism preluding to the godless science of Ionian philosophy.

1990 Vigiliae Christianae 44 53 The enigmatic lines 6-10 may, mean something like: ‘while you still do not understand me, I have no illusions whatever about you’—thus perhaps preluding to the theme of hypocrisy in lines 17ff.

†b. intransitive. To create or provide a prelude or introduction. Frequently with to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be introductory > give an introduction

prelude1658

1658 T. Bancroft Time's out of Tune xi. 73 See how he preludes in eager sport To every meal, how he his eyes doth fix Upon each dish, and how his lips he licks, And smacks.

1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 28 They prelude to them with Tears.

1697 J. Dryden Ded. Ld. Clifford in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. A1^v He found the strength of his Genius betimes, and was even in his youth preluding to his Georgics, and his Æneis.

1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 216 So, Love preluding, plays at first with Hearts, And after wounds with deeper piercing Darts.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 65 Her lover..passing his arms round her neck, preluded with a kiss fervently applied to her lips.

1809 M. Edgeworth Almeria in Tales of Fashionable Life II. 132 She preluded with many flattering phrases—declared, that..she had always considered her with sentiments of esteem.

1834 T. De Quincey S. T. Coleridge in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 514/1 He had also preluded to this great work, in a little English medical tract.

a. transitive. To precede as a prelude or preliminary action; to serve as a prelude to; to prepare the way for, introduce, foreshadow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > introduce or be preliminary to

to let into1596

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preface1619

preludea1637

introduce1667

preamble1951

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub v. vii. 109 in Wks. (1640) III I have fixed in the earth, a Tub;..like a Salt-Peeter Tub, Preluding by your Fathers name Sir Peeter, And the antiquity of your house, and family, Originall from Salt-Peeter.

1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 57 The Sun now stoops, and hasts his beams to hide Under the dark, and melancholy Earth. All but preludes thy End.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 513 When the gray Of Morn preludes the Splendor of the Day.

1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 252 Their immersion was preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length.

1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women vi, in Poems (new ed.) 123 Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose sweet breath Preluded those melodious bursts.

1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxvi. 392 Being..preluded by an outburst more severe than usual of fever.

1970 O. Sacks Migraine Hist. Introd. 25 Constipation..may provoke or prelude an attack.

1990 Gourmet Nov. 172/3 Toasted hazelnuts adorned a soft-leafed lettuce salad, preluding rosy pink rack of lamb.

b. transitive. Of a person, group, etc.: to introduce with a prelude or preliminary action, to preface.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > introduce or be preliminary to > of a personal or other agent

prelude1697

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 583 Proudly he bellows, and preludes the fight.

1797 R. Ryler Algerine Captive I. 156 He preluded his request, with a detail of embarrassments, which might have befallen the most circumspect.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 252 He also preludes his work by saying [etc.].

1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry v. 109 A priest preluded with some prayer or pious ceremony these rounds and these profane songs.

1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics vi. §38. 95 The necessity for preluding the study of moral science, by the study of biological science.

1915 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War II. ix. 34 Von Kluck preluded it [sc. an enveloping movement] by a heavy bombardment of Binche and Bray.

2003 Jrnl. News (Westchester County, N.Y.) (Nexis) 7 June 7 c Kay Kay Richemond preluded her relay appearance with a smooth race in the Division I 400 to take fifth in 56.93.

†c. transitive. To compose as a prelude. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1785 Eng. Rev. 6 204 ‘May I ask what subject employs your thoughts?’ ‘I am preluding a preface.’

3. Music.

a. intransitive. To play a prelude or introductory movement before the main composition. Also: to form a prelude.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > perform specific type of music

serenade1671

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1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 4 As a good Musician always preludes before a Tune.

1769 D'Alenzon tr. ‘Hoamchi-Vam’ Bonze I. 120 The angelic guardians around tuned their sweetest harps, divinely preluding to supernal symphonies.

1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music i. 58 (note) By Discant, the Musicians of Milton's time meant preluding on a given ground.

1825 W. Scott Talisman xiii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 274 So soon as he began to prelude,..his countenance glowed with energy and inspiration.

1842 Promethean Jan. 9/3 The music is preluding And the passioned concords quaver.

a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxix. 214 The musicians tuned their instruments, preluded and, when the murmur of talk was stilled.., struck up a cavatina.

1999 Early Music 27 127/1 The instruments tuned almost imperceptibly while the organ preluded.

b. transitive. To play as a prelude; (also) to introduce with a prelude. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > perform specific types of music

jig1598

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1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music i. 63 If the Organist preludes an Anthem of Praise or Thanksgiving, a spirited movement is certainly in its place.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxvi. 128 And I—my harp would prelude woe—I cannot all command the strings.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xii. 128 The accuser rises and preludes a few discords..on a tom-tom or drum. He then passes to the charge.

1941 P. Goodman Cain & Abel in Five Young Amer. Poets 2nd Ser. 18 The Angel raises his hand gently and at once they are preluding a dance.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prelude
释义	preluden. Brit. /ˈprɛljuːd/, U.S. /ˈprɛlˌjud/, /ˈpreɪˌlud/ Forms: 1500s–1600s praelude, 1500s– prelude. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prélude; Latin praeludium. Etymology: < (i) Middle French French prélude series of notes sung or played to exercise the voice or practise a musical instrument (1530; also musical composition with the character of an improvisation (1690)), introduction, preliminary action (1535), and its etymon (ii) post-classical Latin praeludium preliminary action, series of notes played before a piece of music (see preludium n.). Compare Catalan preludis (plural) preparatory exercises (c1629), Spanish preludios (plural) preparations, exercises, rehearsals (1454–7), preludio preface, prologue (1496), Portuguese prelúdio introduction, preparation (16th cent.), Italian preludio introduction, preparation (a1472), piece of music (1758).With sense 2 compare a1200 in Thesaurus Novus Latinitatis (Classicorum Auctorum e Vaticanis Codicibus Editorum VIII) (1836) 467/1 Praeludium, parvus ludus maiorem praecedens. 1. A preliminary action, or condition, preceding and introducing one of more importance; an introduction, a preface; a precursor. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > [noun] > matter preceding text > preface forespeechc1000 prefacec1380 prefationc1390 entrya1425 prelude1548 prescript1651 preliminary1888 prelims1921 society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction forespeechc1000 prologuec1350 proemya1382 preamblec1395 proemc1410 exordyc1430 prolocutory1447 protocolc1450 forespeaking1480 preface1484 prooemiumc1485 preparation1526 introduction1529 induction1533 introducement1536 epistle?1548 prelude1548 proposition1553 foretalk1565 exordium1581 prolegomenons1600 inducement1605 isagoge1652 propylaeum1693 programma1711 foreword1842 foretalking1872 programme1880 pronaos1894 peritext1977 epitext1978 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Mark xiii. f. lxxxiv^v, in Paraphr. New Test. They shall only be preludes [L. præludia] of the ende y^t is to come. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie xxxviii. 227 It is well knowen that dancing can be no better but a prelude to whoredome, to open an entrie purposely vnto Satan. c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 220 To bring this Kirk of Scotland backward to them [sc. Popish ceremonies], (a prelude whereof wes vote in Parliament so eagerlie gone about by the King). 1682 J. Dryden Mac Flecknoe 5 My warbling Lute..Was but a prelude to that Glorious Day. a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Poverty (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1730) I. 97 Their smiles are but the preludes of their hate. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xxvi. 562 They considered these alarming strokes as the prelude only of still more dreadful calamities. 1844 C. Dickens Let. 24 Aug. (1977) IV. 185 They say it is the prelude to clear weather. 1892 J. Earle Deeds of Beowulf p. xxiv It is not easy to account for this Prelude, which really throws no light on the poem, nor in any way helps the narrative. 1948 A. Paton Cry, Beloved Country iii. i. 215 For this is a prelude, it is only a beginning. 1987 E. Ronay Bird's Eye Guide Healthy Eating Out 244 Grapefruit or fresh orange juice is a prelude to porridge or granola and yoghurt. 2003 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 2 Aug. 10 The parliamentary election could be a prelude to political and economic changes. †2. A preliminary play, performed before the main play. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > prelude or prologue banec1440 bannsc1440 prologue1560 prelude1616 anteludea1687 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 242 Cri. It is the sute of the strange opponent.., to see some light stroke of his play, commenc'd with some other... Amo. Is it your sute, Monsieur, to see some prælude of my scholer? 3. Music. Originally: †a short, often extemporized, piece of music played before another in order to tune an instrument or allow an instrumentalist to warm up (obsolete). Now: (a) a piece designed as the formal introduction to a musical work, esp. a movement preceding a fugue or forming the first piece of a suite; (b) a short, independent piece for a particular instrument, esp. the piano. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [noun] > main division of opus > prelude prelude?1637 descant1644 preludio1724 research1728 vorspiel1876 ?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art of Rhetorique iii. xiii. 180 In some kinds of Orations it resembles the Prelude of Musitians, who first play what they list, and afterwards the tune they intended. 1685 London Gaz. No. 2081/4 Airs for the Violin: To wit, Preludes, Fuges, Allmands, Sarabands. 1749 T. Smollett Regicide iii. ii. 35 O welcome Messenger!—How sweetly sounds Thy Prelude! 1798 M. Wollstonecraft Maria ii. xii My spirits were all in arms, and I played a kind of extemporary prelude. 1830 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 69 So the hoarse thunder Growl'd long—but low—a prelude note of death. 1865 Times 26 May 1/3 Miss Madelaine Schiller's Grand Concert will take place this evening..when she will play..grand prelude in E flat major, Chopin. 1880 Ld. Tennyson Sisters in Ballads & Other Poems 2 By their clash, And prelude on the keys, I know the song. 1948 Introd. Classic Japanese Lit. 141 The regular kazuramono contains a jonomai, a dance consisting of five movements and a prelude. 1960 E. Bodky Interpr. Bach's Keyboard Wks. vi. 191 It is quite obvious that in the Prelude in F sharp major, W.K. II, the overdotted playing creates no difficulties at all. 2005 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 28 Nov. (features section) 77 Tognetti's arrangements of two piano preludes by Debussy were quirky and not entirely convincing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). preludev. Brit. /ˈprɛljuːd/, U.S. /ˈprɛlˌjud/, /ˈpreɪˌlud/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: Latin praelūdere ; prelude n. Etymology: Either < classical Latin praelūdere to compose a prelude, to make a trial attempt, in post-classical Latin also to introduce, foreshadow (late 4th or early 5th cent.) < prae- pre- prefix + lūdere to play (see ludent n.), or < prelude n. Compare French préluder to start a minor task before a more important one (1657), to exercise the voice or practise a musical instrument (1660), to improvise on a musical instrument (1678), Italian preludere to announce, precede (1628).All the verse quots. and the dictionaries down to c1830 have /priːˈljuːd/; Smart 1836 has /ˈprɛljuːd/, after the noun, and this is now usual, especially in sense 3. Tennyson has both: see quots. 1. a. intransitive. To form or act as a prelude, to be introductory to a subsequent work, action, event, etc. Formerly also occasionally with of. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be introductory prelude1631 1631 W. Twisse Discov. D. Iacksons Vanitie viii. 256 The matter of your discourse being of Gods infinite wisedome, and to that purpose preluding of the imperfect wisedom of man. 1696 J. Dennis Remarks Prince Arthur 215 No Man ever writ an Epick Poem, without writing Verses preluding to it. 1714 J. Hughes tr. Claudian Rape of Proserpine ii. 24 The Dawn began its Blushes to display With orient Beams, preluding to the Day. 1745 ‘S. Gundy’ & ‘M. Merrypin’ Muse's Vagaries I. 11 The Pipe was out, an eager Kiss Preluded to th'ensuing Bliss. 1838–43 T. Arnold Hist. Rome III. xliii. 140 The skirmishing of the light-armed troops preluded as usual to the battle. 1865 G. Grote Plato I. xvii. 482 Much dramatic incident..preluding to the substantive discussion. 1932 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 42 465 The unseemly behavior of Homer's Olympians is not Ionic levity and skepticism preluding to the godless science of Ionian philosophy. 1990 Vigiliae Christianae 44 53 The enigmatic lines 6-10 may, mean something like: ‘while you still do not understand me, I have no illusions whatever about you’—thus perhaps preluding to the theme of hypocrisy in lines 17ff. †b. intransitive. To create or provide a prelude or introduction. Frequently with to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be introductory > give an introduction prelude1658 1658 T. Bancroft Time's out of Tune xi. 73 See how he preludes in eager sport To every meal, how he his eyes doth fix Upon each dish, and how his lips he licks, And smacks. 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. v. 28 They prelude to them with Tears. 1697 J. Dryden Ded. Ld. Clifford in tr. Virgil Wks. sig. A1^v He found the strength of his Genius betimes, and was even in his youth preluding to his Georgics, and his Æneis. 1709 W. Congreve tr. Ovid Art of Love iii. 216 So, Love preluding, plays at first with Hearts, And after wounds with deeper piercing Darts. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 65 Her lover..passing his arms round her neck, preluded with a kiss fervently applied to her lips. 1809 M. Edgeworth Almeria in Tales of Fashionable Life II. 132 She preluded with many flattering phrases—declared, that..she had always considered her with sentiments of esteem. 1834 T. De Quincey S. T. Coleridge in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Sept. 514/1 He had also preluded to this great work, in a little English medical tract. 2. a. transitive. To precede as a prelude or preliminary action; to serve as a prelude to; to prepare the way for, introduce, foreshadow. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > introduce or be preliminary to to let into1596 prologuea1616 preface1619 preludea1637 introduce1667 preamble1951 a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub v. vii. 109 in Wks. (1640) III I have fixed in the earth, a Tub;..like a Salt-Peeter Tub, Preluding by your Fathers name Sir Peeter, And the antiquity of your house, and family, Originall from Salt-Peeter. View more context for this quotation 1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 57 The Sun now stoops, and hasts his beams to hide Under the dark, and melancholy Earth. All but preludes thy End. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Of Pythagorean Philos. in Fables 513 When the gray Of Morn preludes the Splendor of the Day. 1768 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) II. ii. 252 Their immersion was preluded by a dirge of a quarter of an hour's length. 1832 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women vi, in Poems (new ed.) 123 Dan Chaucer, the first warbler, whose sweet breath Preluded those melodious bursts. 1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxvi. 392 Being..preluded by an outburst more severe than usual of fever. 1970 O. Sacks Migraine Hist. Introd. 25 Constipation..may provoke or prelude an attack. 1990 Gourmet Nov. 172/3 Toasted hazelnuts adorned a soft-leafed lettuce salad, preluding rosy pink rack of lamb. b. transitive. Of a person, group, etc.: to introduce with a prelude or preliminary action, to preface. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > introduce or be preliminary to > of a personal or other agent prelude1697 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 583 Proudly he bellows, and preludes the fight. 1797 R. Ryler Algerine Captive I. 156 He preluded his request, with a detail of embarrassments, which might have befallen the most circumspect. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. lviii. 252 He also preludes his work by saying [etc.]. 1860 G. J. Adler tr. C. C. Fauriel Hist. Provençal Poetry v. 109 A priest preluded with some prayer or pious ceremony these rounds and these profane songs. 1879 H. Spencer Data of Ethics vi. §38. 95 The necessity for preluding the study of moral science, by the study of biological science. 1915 J. Buchan Nelson's Hist. War II. ix. 34 Von Kluck preluded it [sc. an enveloping movement] by a heavy bombardment of Binche and Bray. 2003 Jrnl. News (Westchester County, N.Y.) (Nexis) 7 June 7 c Kay Kay Richemond preluded her relay appearance with a smooth race in the Division I 400 to take fifth in 56.93. †c. transitive. To compose as a prelude. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1785 Eng. Rev. 6 204 ‘May I ask what subject employs your thoughts?’ ‘I am preluding a preface.’ 3. Music. a. intransitive. To play a prelude or introductory movement before the main composition. Also: to form a prelude. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform music [verb (intransitive)] > perform specific type of music serenade1671 prelude1680 fugue1783 pastoralize1828 preludize1829 symphonize1833 ran-tan1866 counterpoint1875 rag1896 ragtime1908 jazz1916 rock1931 jivec1938 bop1947 blow1949 rock-and-roll1956 skiffle1957 hip-hop1983 1680 J. Dryden Kind Keeper i. i. 4 As a good Musician always preludes before a Tune. 1769 D'Alenzon tr. ‘Hoamchi-Vam’ Bonze I. 120 The angelic guardians around tuned their sweetest harps, divinely preluding to supernal symphonies. 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music i. 58 (note) By Discant, the Musicians of Milton's time meant preluding on a given ground. 1825 W. Scott Talisman xiii, in Tales Crusaders IV. 274 So soon as he began to prelude,..his countenance glowed with energy and inspiration. 1842 Promethean Jan. 9/3 The music is preluding And the passioned concords quaver. a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) xxxix. 214 The musicians tuned their instruments, preluded and, when the murmur of talk was stilled.., struck up a cavatina. 1999 Early Music 27 127/1 The instruments tuned almost imperceptibly while the organ preluded. b. transitive. To play as a prelude; (also) to introduce with a prelude. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > perform specific types of music jig1598 serenade1672 prelude1795 shivaree1805 dirge1826 ran-tan1866 overture1870 threnody1893 ragtime1908 rag1914 blow1949 1795 W. Mason Ess. Eng. Church Music i. 63 If the Organist preludes an Anthem of Praise or Thanksgiving, a spirited movement is certainly in its place. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxvi. 128 And I—my harp would prelude woe—I cannot all command the strings. View more context for this quotation 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xii. 128 The accuser rises and preludes a few discords..on a tom-tom or drum. He then passes to the charge. 1941 P. Goodman Cain & Abel in Five Young Amer. Poets 2nd Ser. 18 The Angel raises his hand gently and at once they are preluding a dance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548v.1631
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