单词 | prologize |
释义 | prologize/ˈprəʊləɡʌɪz/ /ˈprəʊlədʒʌɪz/(also prologise) Now rare verb 1 [no object] To compose or deliver a prologue. 2 [with object] To preface with a prologue; to summarize in a prologue. OriginEarly 17th century; earliest use found in Francis Beaumont (1584–1616), playwright. From post-classical Latin prologizare to speak a prologue or its etymon Greek προλογίζειν to speak a prologue (in scholia (medieval Greek or earlier) on Sophocles Philoctetes 1) from ancient Greek πρόλογος + -ίζειν. |
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