preface
noun
a preliminary statement in a book by the book's author or editor, setting forth its purpose and scope, expressing acknowledgment of assistance from others, etc.
was prefacing
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past progressiveof preface.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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These plaudits were called out by some passages on the guitar with which the singer was prefacing his song.
From The History of David Grieve by Mrs. Humphry Ward
