Onset; the beginning or initial stage of something.
To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
The beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book.
An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
A title or epithet.
The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.
To give a preface to.
To introduce or make a comment before (the main point).