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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[Gr. [GREEK] to teach beforehand; [GREEK] before + [GREEK] to bring up a child, to educate, teach, fr. [GREEK], [GREEK], a child.]

Of, pertaining to, or conveying, preliminary instruction; introductory to any art or science; instructing beforehand.

propaedeutical ‎(comparative more propaedeutical, superlative most propaedeutical)