Prologue

//ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

    "“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”"

  2. 2
    an introduction to a play wordnet
  3. 3
    One who delivers a prologue.

    "And hither am I come, / A Prologue arm’d, but not in confidence / Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce;"

  4. 4
    A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
  5. 5
    An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
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  1. 6
    A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
Verb
  1. 1
    To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

    "[…]harbindgers preceading ſtill the fates and prologue to the Omen comming on[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.

Etymology 2

From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.

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