préléguer (-ghé), v.a., to give as a preference-legacy.

prèler, v.a., to rub with horsetail.

prélèvement (-lèv-mān), n.m., previous deduction, levying.

prélever (prél-vé), v.a., to deduct, to take off first, to levy. Se —; to be deducted previously, to be levied.

préliminaire, n.m. and adj., preliminary.

préliminairement, adv., preliminarily.

prélire, v.a., (print.) to read a first time.

prélude, n.m., prelude.

préluder, v.n., to prelude, to flourish, to play a prelude. — à une chose par une autre; to make one thing a prelude to another.