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Word Meanings - INTRODUCTORY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse.

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  • ANTERIORITY
    The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority. Pope.
  • OPENNESS
    The quality or state of being open.
  • PRIORSHIP
    The state or office of prior; priorate.
  • FORMERLY
    In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore.
  • PREVIOUSNESS
    The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
  • PRECEDENTLY
    Beforehand; antecedently.
  • PRECLUSIVE
    Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering. -- Pre*clu"sive*ly, adv.
  • OPEN SEA
    A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
  • PROEMIAL
    Introductory; prefatory; preliminary. Hammond.
  • ANTECEDENT
    1. Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause. 2. Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability. Syn. -- Prior; previous; foregoing.
  • FOREGO
    1. To quit; to relinquish; to leave. Stay at the third cup, or forego the place. Herbert. 2. To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach,
  • PRECEDENTED
    Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind. Walpole.
  • PREFATORY
    Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks. That prefatory addition to the Creed. Dryden.
  • INITIATORY
    1. Suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step. Bp. Hall. 2. Tending or serving to initiate; introducing by instruction, or by the use and application of symbols or ceremonies; elementary; rudimentary.
  • OPEN
    1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures
  • PRIORITY
    1. The quality or state of being prior or antecedent in time, or of preceding something else; as, priority of application. 2. Precedence; superior rank. Shak. Priority of debts, a superior claim to payment, or a claim to payment before others.
  • OPEN-MOUTHED
    Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
  • PRELIMINARY
    Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations. Syn. -- Introductory; preparatory;
  • EXORDIUM
    A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and
  • PRIORATE
    The dignity, office, or government, of a prior. T. Warton.
  • DEFORMER
    One who deforms.
  • PROPENE
    See PROPYLENE
  • PROPENSE
    Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
  • SUBPRIOR
    The vicegerent of a prior; a claustral officer who assists the prior.
  • MISINFORMER
    One who gives or incorrect information.
  • SCOLOPENDRINE
    Like or pertaining to the Scolopendra.
  • INFORMER
    One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer , one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution
  • TWOPENNY
    Of the value of twopence.
  • PROPENSION
    The quality or state of being propense; propensity. M. Arnold. Your full consent Gave wings to my propension. Shak.

 

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