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prologize, v.|ˈprɒlədʒaɪz, ˈprəʊl-|
See also prologuize.
[ad. Gr. προλογίζειν to speak the prologue: see prologue n. and -ize.]
intr. To compose or speak a prologue.
1608Beaum. & Fl. Four Plays in One Induct., Prologues are Huishers bare before the wise; Why may not then an Huisher Prologize? a1674Milton Wks. (1738) I. p. xliii, There may prologize the Spirit of Philip, Herod's Brother. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 782 His Lordship might as dramatically..have brought forward a god or devil to prologize as of old. 1871Browning Balaust. 166 Any who could speak A chorus to the end, or prologize, Roll out a rhesis,..had prompt reward.
b. trans. To preface with a prologue; to epitomize in a prologue.
1779Coll. Eng. Prologues & Epil. I. p. iii, Making every actor prologize the part he is to perform, ‘I am to do, so and so’.
Hence ˈprologizing vbl. n.; also ˈprologizer.
1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 783 In the old dramatists of Greece, prologizing..formed..an integral portion of the structure of the piece. 1832Examiner 149/1 The Westminster prologizer has been led into his error by the spirit and pure idiom of the English translation. |