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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
éfix
fixed beforehand, determined, pr
éfixer
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 agreement2.
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
éfixe
.] 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
jureWebster 1828 Edition
Prefix
PREFIX'
,Verb.
T.
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.