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preface (verb), prefaces; prefaced' prefacing
1. To introduce a piece of writing, a speech, a remark, etc. by saying something to another person or to people before the main presentation: Sandra prefaced her new publication with a short statement of what influenced her to write another book about good diets for better health.
2. Etymology: from Latin praefari, "to say before, to introduce"; from prae-, "before" + fari, "to say, to speak."
To say or to write something that introduces something to others.
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