Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
Prefaces
plural of Preface
prefaces
plural of preface
prefaces
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preface
Source: Wiktionary
Pref"ace (; 48), n. Etym: [F. préface; cf. Sp. prefacio, prefacion, It. prefazio, prefazione; all fr. L. praefatio, fr. praefari to speak or say beforehand; prae before + fari, fatus, to speak. See Fate.]
1. Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks. This superficial tale Is but a preface of her worthy praise. Shak. Heaven's high behest no preface needs. Milton.
2. (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass. Addis & Arnold. Proper preface (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.), a portion of the communion service, preceding the prayer of consecration, appointed for certain seasons.
Syn.
– Introduction; preliminary; preamble; proem; prelude; prologue.
Pref"ace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefacing.]
Definition: To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.
Pref"ace, v. i.
Definition: To make a preface. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.