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  • verb Present participle of preface.

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Examples

  • In the old days the BBC used to delight in prefacing anything to do with South Africa with the adjective ‘racist’ – the ‘racist government of South Africa’, for example.

    Archive 2008-02-24 2008

  • In the old days the BBC used to delight in prefacing anything to do with South Africa with the adjective ‘racist’ – the ‘racist government of South Africa’, for example.

    The Racist BBC 2008

  • And he said in prefacing that remark, "I speak as a man that has administered a great empire."

    The Work of the Universities of the Empire 1913

  • A term prefacing a statement that will contradict an earlier view, as in: Weak vessels can’t handle dead kids.

    Why God...and Miss Snark...invented the CoM Miss Snark 2006

  • Again prefacing Georgia’s call: “One size doesn’t fit all!”

    Page 2 2006

  • Again prefacing Georgia’s call: “One size doesn’t fit all!”

    Page 2 2006

  • Again prefacing Georgia’s call: “One size doesn’t fit all!”

    Page 2 2006

  • Again prefacing Georgia’s call: “One size doesn’t fit all!”

    Page 2 2006

  • Again prefacing Georgia’s call: “One size doesn’t fit all!”

    Page 2 2006

  • Again prefacing Georgia’s call: “One size doesn’t fit all!”

    Page 2 2006

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