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· preface
noun
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
verb
furnish with a preface or introduction
"She always precedes her lectures with a joke"
Similar words
foreword
prolusion
introduce
precede
premise
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).