n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: pref · aced ; pref · ac · ing
Date: 1619
intransitive verb : to make introductory remarks
transitive verb
1 : to say or write as preface <a note prefaced to the manuscript>
2 : PRECEDE , HERALD
3 : to introduce by or begin with a preface
4 : to stand in front of <a porch preface s the entrance>
5 : to be a preliminary to
– pref · ac · er noun