prologue

[Pro·logue]

To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

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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

Noun
an introduction to a play

n.
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

n.
One who delivers a prologue.

v. t.
To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

Prologue

Pro"logue , n. [F., fr. L. prologus, fr. Gr. , fr. to say beforehand; before + to say. See Logic.] 1. 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 2. One who delivers a prologue. [R.] Shak.

Prologue

Pro"logue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prologued ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prologuing.] To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue. [R.] Shak.

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

To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

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Usage Examples

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

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Other Usage Examples

Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.