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1. 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....
2. anti-, prefix1 View full entry 1559
...Combinations....
3. arch-, prefix View full entry 1541
...In titles of office, rank, or dignity: meaning, ‘Chief, principal, -in-chief; superior, master-; one who occupies a position or rank above those who bear the simple title’; as archbishop, ...
4. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
5. for-, prefix1 View full entry c1200
...Forming verbs....
6. out-, prefix View full entry c1150
...Forming nouns....
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. sam-, prefix View full entry a1000
...= half-....
9. trans-, prefix View full entry 1612
...With the sense ‘across, through, over, to or on the other side of, beyond, outside of, from one place, person, thing, or state to another’: in verbs and their derivative ns. and...
10. un-, prefix1 View full entry a1175
...Expressing negation. The prefix has been very extensively employed in English, as in the other Germanic languages, and is now the one which can be used with the greatest freedom in new...