prelusive
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During an entire generation they furnished the arena for the prelusive strife of that war.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 by Various
Even the prelusive delicacies of the present writer—the curt "Astræan allusion"—would be thought pedantic, and out of date, in these days.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
There was a fine note in Mr. Allen's earliest work; a prelusive note with the quality of the flute....
From James Lane Allen: A Sketch of his Life and Work by Unknown
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
Hepzibah involuntarily thought of the ghostly harmonies, prelusive of death in the family, which were attributed to the legendary Alice.
From House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
