prelusive

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What makes the matter worse is, that this happened at the very opening of the diet, and whilst the grand prelusive symphony of the whole hidden people was in full burst.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844 by Various

In the notice of so memorable a man, even the briefest prelusive flourish seems uncalled for; and so indeed it would be, if by such means it were meant simply to justify the undertaking.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 by Various

Thomson seems to have been partial to these kind of adjectives, "effusive," "diffusive," "prelusive," &c.

From Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

And scarcely have they disappeared 35 Ere the prelusive hymn is heard:— With one consent the people rejoice, Filling the church with a lofty voice!

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William

And afterward, to make amends, What if all three of us contribute each A line to that prelusive fragment,—help The embarrassed bard who broke out to break down Dumbfoundered at such unforeseen success?

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald