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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. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
3. co-, prefix View full entry 1430
...Verbs. Of a joint subject....
4. 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,...
5. for-, prefix1 View full entry c1200
...Forming verbs....
6. fore-, prefix View full entry c1000
...In verbs, ppl. adjs., agent-nouns and nouns of action. (Stress on the verb.)...
7. gain-, prefix View full entry a1225
...Against, in opposition to; Also gaincall, gaincope, gainsay, gainstand, gainstrive, gainturn...
8. hyper-, prefix View full entry 1611
...Formations in which, as in hyperborean, the prefix has the prepositional force of ‘over, beyond, or above’ (what is denoted by the second element)....
9. non-, prefix View full entry a1420
...Prefixed to nouns of action, condition, or quality with the sense ‘absence or lack of’, often corresponding semantically to ‘not doing, failure to do’ (where a verb is implied by the noun,...
10. off-, prefix View full entry eOE
...Compounds of off...
11. on-, prefix View full entry OE
...Compounds in which on- has adverbial force....
12. out-, prefix View full entry c1150
...Forming nouns....
13. over-, prefix View full entry eOE
...In spatial and temporal senses, and in uses directly related to these....
14. 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’....
15. 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...
16. 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....
17. semi-, prefix View full entry ?1550
...In general use....
18. 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’....
19. 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....
20. sur-, prefix View full entry c1482
... (Old) French sur-, earlier sour-, sor-, soure- (repr. Latin super), used in various senses of super-, as in ...
