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pref.

American  

abbreviation

  1. preface.

  2. prefaced.

  3. prefatory.

  4. preference.

  5. preferred.

  6. prefix.

  7. prefixed.


pref. British  

abbreviation

  1. preface

  2. preference

  3. preferred

  4. prefix

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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NM: pref., introductions, bibliography, editing, abridgement & arr. © 25Aug50; A46886.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Historic method of study in philosophy, 31, 379, 380, 396; the peculiarity of this age, pref. xiii.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

Keats, quoted, "a joy for ever," 1880 pref. ix-x.

From A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) by Ruskin, John

NM: pref., introductions, bibliography, editing, abridgement & arr. © 11Sep50; AA161416.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Criticism, two kinds of, pref. ix.; standard for in this work, pref. xi.; science of created by the Germans, 210.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

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