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Webster 1913 Edition


Prefix

Pre-fix′

,
Verb.
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
fix
fixed beforehand, determined,
pr
fixer
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.
Spenser.

Pre′fix

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
pr
fixe
.]
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
pre
fix,
con-
in
con
jure
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Prefix

PREFIX'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. proefigo; proe, before, and figo, to fix.]
1.
To put or fix before, or at the beginning of another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word; to prefix an advertisement to a book.
2.
To set or appoint beforehand; as, to prefix the hour of meeting.
A time prefix, and think of me at last.
3.
To settle; to establish.
I would prefix some certain boundary between the old statutes and the new.

Definition 2024


préfix

préfix

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French

Adjective

préfix m (feminine singular préfixe, masculine plural préfix, feminine plural préfixes)

  1. preset, predetermined