furnish with a preface or introduction (Freq. 1) - She always precedes her lectures with a joke - He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution • Syn: precede, premise, introduce • Derivationally related forms: introductory (for: introduce) • Hypernyms: state, say, tell • Hyponyms: preamble, prologize, prologuize, prologise • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something