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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. amphi-, prefix View full entry 1842
...Used in many derivatives and compounds....
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. ˈcounter-, prefix View full entry 1523
...verbs, as counteract, counter-make, countersay, counterweigh, counterwork, with their derivatives: which see in their alphabetic places. Also many nonce-words, either contextual,...
6. for-, prefix1 View full entry c1200
...Forming verbs....
7. fore-, prefix View full entry c1000
...In verbs, ppl. adjs., agent-nouns and nouns of action. (Stress on the verb.)...
8. gain-, prefix View full entry a1225
...Against, in opposition to; Also gaincall, gaincope, gainsay, gainstand, gainstrive, gainturn...
9. hypo-, prefix View full entry c1540
...In words from Greek: the most important of these are hypochondria, hypocrisy, hypocrite, hypotenuse, hypothec, hypothesis, and their derivatives....
10. infra-, prefix View full entry 1650
...repr. Latin infrā adv. and prep. ‘below, underneath, beneath’ (in medieval Latin also ‘within’), used in numerous recent formations, chiefly adjectival....
11. inter-, prefix View full entry 1506
...In adverbial or adjectival relation to the second element....
12. intra-, prefix View full entry 1666
...In adjectives (properly, and most frequently, of Latin origin) in which it stands in prepositional relation to the n. implied in the second element....
13. intro-, prefix View full entry 1656
...Latin intrō adv. ‘to the inside’, used with verbs and their derivatives, as intrōdūcĕre to lead in, introduce, intrōspicĕre to look within. Hence in English words...
14. out-, prefix View full entry c1150
...Forming nouns....
15. 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’....
16. post-, prefix View full entry 1578
...Forming words in which post- is either adverbial or adjectival, and qualifies the verb, or the verbal derivative or other adjective or noun which forms or is implied in the...
17. 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....
18. preter-, prefix View full entry 1617
...Forming chiefly adjectives with sense ‘more than —’, ‘beyond —’....
19. retro-, prefix View full entry 1759
...Miscellaneous terms....
20. semi-, prefix View full entry ?1550
...In general use....