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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Prefatory \Pref"a*to*ry\, a.
     Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory
     to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           That prefatory addition to the Creed.    --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Prefatory \Pref"a*to*ry\, a.
     Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory
     to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks.
  
           That prefatory addition to the Creed.    --Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  prefatory
       adj : serving as an introduction or preface [syn: introductory,
             prefatorial]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prefatory
     a.
     serve#Verb as a preface#Noun or prelude; introductory, preliminary.
  (from 1670s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  prefatory
     a.
     serve#Verb as a preface#Noun or prelude; introductory, preliminary.
  (from 1670s)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  prefatory
     a.
     serve#Verb as a preface#Noun or prelude; introductory, preliminary.
  (from 1670s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  prefatory
     a.
     serve#Verb as a preface#Noun or prelude; introductory, preliminary.
  (from 1670s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  prefatory
     Englanti a.
     alustaa, johdanto-, alku-

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Prefatory /pɹˈɛfətˌəɹi/
  تمهيديّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  prefatory /pɹˈɛfətəɹi/ 
  встъпителен, уводен
  introductory

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  prefatory /pɹˈɛfətˌəɹi/ 
  sloužící jako předmluva

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  prefatory /pɹˈɛfətəɹi/
  einleitend, einführend 
     Synonyms: introductory, prefatorial, introductive
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  prefatory /pɹˈɛfətəɹi/ 
  alku-, alustava
  introductory

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  prefatory /pɹˈɛfətˌəɹi/ 
  1. प्रारंभिक
        "I was asked to write a prefatory note for the farewell party."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  prefatory /pɹˈɛfətˌəɹi/
  uvodni

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  prefatory /pɹˈɛfətəɹi/ 
  inledande, inlednings-
  introductory

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  prefatory /pɹˈɛfətˌəɹi/
  1. önsöz niteliğindeki, mukaddeme kabilinden.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "prefatory":
     antecedent, anterior, chief, exordial, first, foremost, headmost,
     inaugural, inductive, initiatory, introductory, leading, opening,
     precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory, prefixed, prelim,
     preliminary, preludial, prelusive, preparatory, prepositive,
     prevenient, prior, proemial, propaedeutic
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 前言的,序文的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 前言的,序文的

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