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PROLOGUE n. 3 definitions
The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance
AMISS n.
A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.] Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak.
INDEX n.
A prologue indicating what follows. [Obs.] Shak.
INDUCTION n.
An introduction or introductory scene, as to a play; a preface; a prologue. [Obs.] This is but an induction: I will dMassinger.
PRO- n.
s, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts.…
PROLOG n.
Prologue.
PROLOGIZE v.
To deliver a Prologue. [R.] Whewell.