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preluding


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prelude  \Pre*lude"\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Preluded};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Preluding}.]  [L.  praeludere  praelusum  prae  before  + 
  ludere  to  play:  cf  F.  pr['e]luder.  See  {Ludicrous}.] 
  To  play  an  introduction  or  prelude;  to  give  a  prefatory 
  performance;  to  serve  as  prelude. 
 
  The  musicians  preluded  on  their  instruments.  --Sir.  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  We  are  preluding  too  largely,  and  must  come  at  once  to 
  the  point.  --Jeffrey. 




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