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1. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
2. contre-, prefix View full entry
...French contre:—Latin contrā, in Old French also cuntre, has regularly given in English counter, q.v. Contre- occurs only as an earlier form...
3. 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,...
4. demi-, prefix View full entry 1480
...Used with the senses ‘half, half-sized, partial(ly), curtailed, inferior’....
5. semi-, prefix View full entry ?1550
...In general use....
