pre-, prae-

To acquaint previously or beforehand.

Previous acquaintance or knowledge.

1. Immediately preceding death agony.
2. Occurring or existing immediately before the agony of death.

Death agony is an old term for the period just before death occurs, which was thought to be a time of extreme pain.

In anthropology, a period of time before a society of people had developed agriculture as a means of subsistence.

1. An introductory statement; preface; introduction; literally, a "walking before".
2. The introductory part of a statute, deed, or the like, stating the reasons and intent of what follows.
3. A preliminary or introductory fact or circumstance: "His childhood in the slums was a preamble to a life of crime."
4. Capitalized, Preamble, the introductory statement of the U.S. Constitution, setting forth the general principles of American government and beginning with the words, “We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union . . . ; therefore, ”A section at the beginning of a speech, report, or formal document that introduces what follows.
5. Something that precedes, introduces, or leads up to something else.
6. French préambule from late Latin praeambulus "going in front" from Latin ambulare "to walk".

A reference to a short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.

Of or pertaining to a preamble; introductory; contained or provided for in a preamble.

To walk before.

1. A preamble.
2. A walking or going before; a precedence.

Preceding; going before; introductory.

1. A reference to a preliminary statement, especially the introduction to a formal document that serves to explain its purpose.
2. An introductory occurrence or fact; a preliminary.

1. An electronic circuit or device that detects and strengthens weak signals, as from a radio receiver, for subsequent, more powerful amplification stages.
2. An amplifying circuit; for example, as in a radio or television, that is designed to strengthen very weak signals and then transmit them to a more powerful amplifier.

1. Preliminary anesthesia; light anesthesia or narcosis induced by medication as a preliminary to administration of a general anesthetic.
2. Action ocuring before the administration of an anesthetic.

Anterior to the aorta.

To arrange in advance or beforehand.