prelusionn.
/prᵻˈl(j)uːʒn/, U.S. /prəˈluʒ(ə)n/, /priˈluʒ(ə)n/ A prelude, an introduction; a precursor.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step
introductionc1386
deductiona1535
induction?1544
preamble1548
flourish1552
preludium1563
primordium1577
preparativec1580
exordium1581
introit1583
foregoinga1586
prologuea1586
preface1589
prelusion1597
proem1598
prolusion1601
introductory1646
preliminary1656
prelimination1667
flourishing1687
little go1842
preluding1858
foreword1888
prelim1891
prelimen1898
run-in1900
opening gambit1911
prolegomenon1926
lead-in1928
pipe-openera1936
lead-up1953
intro1964
1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas 593 Your liues..shoulde bee prelusions and preparations for a better life to come.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Prelusion (prælusio) a playing before, a flourish, the same with præludium.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness iv. ii. 102 It was a prelusion to & prefiguration of the forwardness of the Gentiles..to receive Christ as their Soveraign and Redeemer.
1754 T. Wharton Observ. Faerie Queene iii. 55 An early prelusion of his genius.
1828 N. Hawthorne Fanshawe v. 61 After much hemming, thrumming, and prelusion, and with many queer gestures and gesticulations, he began to effuse a lyric, in the following fashion.
1838 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 43 3 So sudden and so early a prelusion of summer..could not last.
1871 J. Morley Some Greek Conception in Crit. Misc. 314 Of the nature of a prelusion in the art of logical division.
1922 G. S. Hall Senescence xi. 511 Some crude prelusions of this were found among the Taoists.
1982 Isis 73 129/1 This progression was the necessary prelusion to that remarkable moment in 1794 when the two ancien régime faculties were fused in a single Ecole de Santé.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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