What does "prelude" mean?
Prelude: To introduce with a previous performance; to play or perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a lively air.
Additional senses
- 2.To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory. [Music] preluding some great tragedy. Longfellow
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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