Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

præface

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: præ-face
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete spelling of preface.

Obsolete

verb

Obsolete spelling of preface.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"1607, Edward Topsell, Historie of Four-Footed Beastes; quoted in:"
"But for my part, which write the English story, I acknowledge that no man must looke for that at my hands, which I have not received from some other: for I would bee unwilling to write anything untrue, or uncertaine out of mine owne invention; and truth on every part is so deare unto mee, that I will not lie to bring any man in love and admiration with God and his works, for God needeth not the lies of men: To conlude, therefore, this Præface, as the beast is strange, and never seene in our countrey, so my eyesight cannot adde anything to the description; therefore harken unto that which I have observed out of other writers."

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

præfaces (plural) præfaces (present, singular) præfacing (participle, present) præfaced (participle, past) præfaced (past)

Questions

What does præface mean?: Obsolete spelling of preface.

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