Preface

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi To make a preface.

II. Preface ·noun The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.

III. Preface ·vt To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.

IV. Preface ·noun Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.