Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proem"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proem \Pro"em\, n. [L. prooemium, Gr. ?; ? before + ? way,
course or strain of a song: cf. F. pro[`e]me.]
Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude.
Thus much may serve by way of proem. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proem \Pro"em\, v. t.
To preface. [Obs.] --South.
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