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prælusive
prælusive
English
Adjective
prælusive (comparative more prælusive, superlative most prælusive)
- Obsolete form of prelusive.
- 1806, The British Critic, volume XXIX, page 431:
- “ Ah! welcome merry hour of dawn!
- The freſh breeze ruſtling thro’ the corn,
- The riſing ſun’s præluſive beams
- That dance in gold on glaſſy ſtreams,
- The goſſamour’s fine ſilvery thread
- That lightly float o’er field‐flower’s head,
- The dew‐drops left by weeping night,
- That crown green leaves with beads of light,
- Now ſweetly ſwell the peaſant’s lay
- And greet the blue‐ey’d bluſhing day!
- 1806, The British Critic, volume XXIX, page 431: