prefix

[Pre*fix·]

A prefix is affix that's added in front of a word and often changes the meaning of it. Common prefixes include re , un , and mis .

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To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.

Noun
an affix that added in front of the word

Verb
attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"


v. t.
To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.

v. t.
To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently.

n.
That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.


Prefix

Pre*fix" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefixed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefixing.] [L. praefixus, p. p. of praefigere to fix or fasten before; prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. pr'82fix fixed beforehand, determined, pr'82fixer to prefix. See Fix.] 1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement. 2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently. [Obs.] " Prefixed bounds. " Locke.
And now he hath to her prefixt a day.

Prefix

Pre"fix , n. [Cf. F. pr'82fixe.] That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.

To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.

That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.

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