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Webster 1913 Edition

[L.

prae

, adv. & prep., before, akin to

pro

, and to E.

for

, prep.: cf. F.

pré-

. See

, and cf.

A prefix denoting priority (of time, place, or rank);

as,

precede

, to go before;

pre

cursor, a forerunner;

pre

fix, to fix or place before

;

pre

ëminent eminent before or above others.

Pre-

is sometimes used intensively,

as in

pre

potent, very potent

[Written also

præ-