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1. afore-, prefix View full entry c1330
...Of time. (See also aforyen, afornon)...
2. after-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Combinations in which after- is adjectival or adverbial, and indicates that the second element refers to something that comes behind or afterwards, or an action that is performed later....
3. meta-, prefix View full entry 1838
...Denoting change, transformation, permutation, or substitution....
4. off-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Compounds of off...
5. out-, prefix View full entry c1150
...Forming nouns....
6. para-, prefix1 View full entry 1715
...Forming miscellaneous terms in the sense ‘analogous or parallel to, but separate from or going beyond, what is denoted by the root word’....
7. pre-, prefix View full entry 1559
...Combinations in which pre- is adverbial or adjectival, qualifying the verb, adjective, or noun to which it is prefixed....
8. sub-, prefix View full entry c1386
...In prepositional relation to the noun constituting or implied in the second element, with the sense ‘situated, existing, or occurring under, below, or at the bottom of’....
9. super-, prefix View full entry c1429
...Forming adjectives and nouns denoting a thing which is situated over, above, higher than, or (less commonly) upon another, and verbs expressing this relation....
10. supra-, prefix View full entry 1598
...Forming adjectives and nouns denoting a thing which is situated over, above, higher than, or (less commonly) upon another....
