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1. archi-, prefix View full entry c1598
...= arch-; chief, principal, first in authority or order....
2. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
3. 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....
4. inter-, prefix View full entry 1506
...In adverbial or adjectival relation to the second element....
5. out-, prefix View full entry c1150
...Forming nouns....
6. 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...
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. self-, prefix View full entry 1571
...Compounds in which self- is in the objective relation to the second element:...
9. semi-, prefix View full entry ?1550
...In general use....
10. 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’....
11. up-, prefix View full entry a1200
...In comb. with ns. (except as in 3d3e)....
