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Pre`ac*quaint" (?), v. t. To acquaint previously or beforehand. Fielding.

Pre`ac*quaint"ance (?), n. Previous acquaintance or knowledge. Harris.

Pre*act" (?), v. t. To act beforehand; to perform previously.

Pre*ac"tion (?), n. Previous action.

Pre`a*dam"ic (?), a. Prior to Adam.

Pre*ad"am*ite (?), n. [Cf. F. prÈadamite.] 1. An inhabitant of the earth before Adam.

2. One who holds that men existed before Adam.

Pre*ad`am*it"ic (?), a. Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamitic periods.

Pre`ad*just"ment (?), n. Previous adjustment.

Pre`ad*min`is*tra"tion (?), n. Previous administration. Bp. Pearson.

Pre`ad*mon"ish, v. t. To admonish previously.

Pre*ad`mo*ni"tion (?), n. Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.

Pre*ad`ver*tise" (?), v. t. To advertise beforehand; to preannounce publicly.

Pre"am`ble (?), n. [LL. praeambulum, from L. praeambulus walking before, fr. praeambulare to walk before; prae before + ambulare to walk: cf. F. prÈambule. 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.

Pre*am"bu*la*ry (?), a. [Cf. OF. preambulaire.] Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble. "A preambulary tax." [R.] Burke.

Pre*am"bu*late (?), v. i. [L. praeambulare. See Preamble.] To walk before. [R.] Jordan.

Pre*am`bu*la"tion (?), n. 1. A walking or going before; precedence. [R.]

2. A preamble. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pre*am"bu*la*to*ry (?), a. Preceding; going before; introductory. [R.]

Simon Magus had preambulatory impieties.

Jer. Taylor.

Pre*am"bu*lous (?), a. [See Preamble, n.] See Perambulatory. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Pre`an*nounce" (?), v. t. To announce beforehand. Coleridge.

Pre*an`te*nul"ti*mate (?), a. Being or indicating the fourth syllable from the end of a word, or that before the antepenult.

Pre`a*or"tic (?), a. (Anat.) In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.

Pre`ap*point" (?), v. t. To appoint previously, or beforehand. Carlyle.

Pre`ap*point"ment (?), n. Previous appointment.