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Prelusive

//pɹɪˈluːsɪv// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Acting as a prelude; preliminary.

    "On the grim Pequod's forecastle, ye shall ere long see him, beating his tambourine; prelusive of the eternal time, when sent for, to the great quarter-deck on high, he was bid strike in with angels, and beat his tambourine in glory; called a coward here, hailed a hero there!"

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin praelūdere + -ive.

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