To follow or mark a path toward.
To set in motion; to act as a causal or preparatory event or sequence of events.
To precede in time.
To give a preface to.
To introduce or make a comment before (the main point).
An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
A title or epithet.
The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book.
The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.