prelusive

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Brad and Jont had begun to tune their fiddles, and the first prelusive snapping of strings at once awakened Heman's nerves to a pleasant tingling; he was excited at the nearness of the coming joy.

From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Brown, Alice

At that hour my faith was weak, and I could not help remembering how, when I first crossed this unhappy threshold, my heart sighed heavily, and my very steps were reluctant and prelusive of sorrow.

From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston

At Raritan and New Brunswick, in New Jersey, and elsewhere, there had been prelusive gleams of dawn.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey

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

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