Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Introduction

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Introduction


Subjects in this Topic:

(1):

(n.) The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another.

(2):

(n.) A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature.

(3):

(n.) The act of introducing, or bringing to notice.

(4):

(n.) That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium.