PROLOGUE

prologue. prologue, a preface, or forespeech

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prologue. Prologue, n. a preface, the introduction to a play

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