prelusive

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Every one remembers his young, tentative, prelusive illustrations to Herrick, in which there are the prettiest glimpses, guesses and foreknowledge of the effects he was to make completely his own.

From Picture and Text 1893 by James, Henry

We hope to find that the last essay, upon the "Moral Ideal," is prelusive to another effort in this direction.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 by Various

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

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