Meaning of PREAMBLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pree`ambul
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- [n] a preliminary introduction to a statute or constitution (usually explaining its purpose)
- [v] make a preamble
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| | See Also: | | document, introduce, introduction, papers, preface, premise, written document | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Pre"am`ble\, n. [LL. praeambulum, from L. praeambulus
walking before, fr. praeambulare to walk before; prae before
+ ambulare to walk: cf. F. pr['e]ambule. See {Amble}.]
A introductory portion; an introduction or preface, as to a
book, document, etc.; specifically, the introductory part of
a statute, which states the reasons and intent of the law.
\Pre"am`ble\, v. t. & i.
To make a preamble to; to preface; to serve as a preamble.
[R.] --Feltham. Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | avant-propos, breakthrough, exordium, foreword, front matter, frontispiece, innovation, introduce, introduction, leap, overture, postulate, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminary, prelude, premise, presupposition, proem, prolegomena, prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologize, prologue, protasis, verse, voluntary |
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