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Webster 1913 Edition

(prō̍-tăk′tĭk)

Adj.

[Gr.

προτακτικόσ

placing or placed before, fr.

προτάσσειν

to place in front;

πρό

before +

τάσσειν

to arrange.]

Giving a previous narrative or explanation, as of the plot or personages of a play; introductory.