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1. † again-, comb. form View full entry OE
...Against, in opposition to. Also: opposite (rare)....
2. astro-, comb. form View full entry 1652
...Forming terms relating to stars, other celestial objects, or outer space....
3. back-, comb. form View full entry ?c1225
...General senses in combination....
4. basi-, comb. form View full entry 1837
...combining form of base, basis, forming the first element of many adjs. in Physiol., in sense of ‘pertaining to, situated at, or forming, the base of’;...
5. break-, comb. form View full entry c1300
...With verb + object....
6. by-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...A Middle English variant spelling of the prefix bi-, be-, under which see most of the words, as, under be-, bycause, bydene,...
7. chiro- | chir-, comb. form View full entry 1644
...= Greek χειρο- combining form of χείρ hand, appearing in Greek in a very large number of words; several of these were adopted in Latin with the spelling...
8. Christiˈano-, comb. form View full entry 1635
...combining form of Latin Christiānus or Greek ΧριστιᾱνόςChristian, as in Christiano-gentilism, Christiano-paganism; Christiano-Platonical adj. ChristianographyGreek-γραϕια writing: seeObs....
9. Christo-, comb. form View full entry 1654
...combining form of Greek Χριστός or Latin ChristusChrist...
10. clero-, comb. form View full entry 1599
...combining form of Latin clēr-us, Greek κλῆρος, in its late sense ‘clergy’, as in cleroˈlaicalObs.cleroˈmasticObs....
11. cross-, comb. form View full entry c1330
...General uses in combination....
12. crypto-, comb. form View full entry 1798
...Forming chiefly scientific nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘concealed, not visible, not apparent’. See also cryptobiosis, cryptobranchiate, cryptocrystalline, cryptophyte, etc....
13. demono-, comb. form View full entry 1652
...Occurring in various modern formations. Also demonographydemonographer, etc.: see below....
14. dendro-, comb. form View full entry 1697
...before a vowel dendr-, combining form of Greek δένδρον tree....
15. ecclesiastico-, comb. form View full entry 1685
...combining form of Greek ἐκκλησιαστικός, as in ecclesiastico-conservativeecclesiastico-military...
16. forgive-, comb. form View full entry c1000
...stem of prec. used in derivatives; as forˈgivefulsee -fulObs.forˈgivelesssee -lessforˈȝivelichObs. Middle English (Old English forgifenlic) see -ly, likely to be...
17. gynaeco-, comb. form View full entry 1594
...repr. Greek γυναικο-, comb. form of γυνή woman, female, as in:...
18. hagio- | hagi-, comb. form View full entry 1807
...combining forms of Greek ἅγιος holy, saintly....
19. half-, comb. form View full entry c893
...With adjectives and pa. pples. Already in Old English: see above. Very common in later use, esp. with pa. pples., to which half- may be prefixed whenever the sense suits:...
20. helio-, comb. form View full entry 1728
...combining form of Greek ἥλιος sun, occurring in various scientific and other terms, most of which are entered in their alphabetical places; others of rarer occurrence are placed here....
