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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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[82]fix fixed beforehand, determined, pr[82]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.] [bd] Prefixed bounds. [b8] --Locke. And now he hath to her prefixt a day. --Spenser. | |
