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1. afore-, prefix View full entry c1330
...Of time. (See also aforyen, afornon)...
2. 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....
3. archi-, prefix View full entry c1598
...= arch-; chief, principal, first in authority or order....
4. be-, prefix View full entry a1000
...Forming derivative verbs, with sense of ‘around’:...
5. en-, prefix1 View full entry c1380
...Signification and uses. The applications of the prefix in French (Provençal, Spanish, Portuguese), and hence in English, are substantially identical with those of the Latin in-, which was used to...
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. inter-, prefix View full entry 1506
...In adverbial or adjectival relation to 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. out-, prefix View full entry c1150
...Forming nouns....
12. peri-, prefix View full entry 1691
...Astron. and Astronaut. Forming nouns referring to the point in the orbit of a celestial object or spacecraft at which it is closest to the primary about which it...
13. 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....
14. retro-, prefix View full entry 1759
...Miscellaneous terms....
15. semi-, prefix View full entry ?1550
...In general use....
16. 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’....
17. 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....
18. up-, prefix View full entry a1200
...In comb. with ns. (except as in 3d3e)....
