单词 | introductory |
释义 | introductoryadj.n. A. adj. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > introduction or bringing in > [adjective] introduct?a1475 introductory1605 insititious1639 invecteda1641 introductive1659 non-native1855 introduced1884 1605 E. Coke Rep. v. i. 8 a The said Act..was not a Statute introductorie of a new law, but declaratorie of the old. 1717 L. Howel Desiderius (ed. 3) 108 They are not only good in themselves, but are introductory of all other virtues. 1800 A. Addison Rep. Cases Pennsylvania 48 Such testimony is dangerous and introductory of fraud. 2. Introducing to something that follows; leading up to or on to something; preliminary. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > preliminary or introductory preparatory1442 proemial1447 isagogicala1529 liminary1603 inducing1605 prelusive1605 preambling1608 prefatory?c1622 ushering1628 preambulary1630 inductory1632 introductive1638 prelusory1638 preambulous1646 preambular1647 preludial1647 preliminary1650 prefacive1651 preludious1651 introitory1652 prodromous1652 introductory1660 superliminary1675 exordiala1682 prodrome1682 prodromal1716 premisory1844 prefatiala1848 inductive1868 prolusory1868 inleading1889 prodromic1891 1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade a Merchants Accounts epitomised;..here being both the Introductory part and Practicall. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) i. 34 I place Schools before Colledges, because they are introductory thereunto. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. i. 87 Containing a Portion of introductory Writing. View more context for this quotation 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues I. 110 In the introductory scene Plato raises the expectation. 3. Serving to introduce personally. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [adjective] > serving to introduce introductory1787 1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 25 June in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 203 Dr. Willard..favored me with a number of introductory letters to gentlemen at the southward. 1812 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) I. 262 I considered the motives which actuated me in writing the inclosed sufficiently introductory to authorize me in sending you some copies. B. n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > kind of book > textbook or book of instructions > [noun] > introductory introductoryc1400 abecedary?a1475 institution1537 introduction1540 horn-book1609 ABC book1611 guide1617 initial1716 primer1722 prolegomenon1786 grammar1792 entrée1926 c1400 ( G. Chaucer Treat. Astrolabe (Cambr. Dd.3.53) (1872) Prol. 3 The .5. partie shal ben an introductorie aftur the statutz of owre doctours, in which thow maist lerne a gret part of the general rewles of theorik in Astrologie. ?1533 G. Du Wes (title) An introductorie for to lerne..to speke French trewly. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Introductory, isagogicon. 2. A step leading on to something further; a preliminary step. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step introductionc1386 deductiona1535 induction?1544 preamble1548 flourish1552 preludium1563 primordium1577 preparativec1580 exordium1581 introit1583 foregoinga1586 prologuea1586 preface1589 prelusion1597 proem1598 prolusion1601 introductory1646 preliminary1656 prelimination1667 flourishing1687 little go1842 preluding1858 foreword1888 prelim1891 prelimen1898 run-in1900 opening gambit1911 prolegomenon1926 lead-in1928 pipe-openera1936 lead-up1953 intro1964 1646 E. Fisher Marrow Mod. Divin. (ed. 2) 137 Sometimes the name of repentance is given to those preparatory beginnings and introductories thereof. 1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 1164 A propitious introductory to a union between the Protestant churches in Germany and England. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1400 |
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