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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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['e]fix
     fixed beforehand, determined, pr['e]fixer to prefix. See
     Fix.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish
        antecedently. [Obs.] `` Prefixed bounds. '' --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And now he hath to her prefixt a day. --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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['e]fix
     fixed beforehand, determined, pr['e]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.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prefixing
     a.
     (lb en linguistics) Of a language, characterised by heavy use of
  prefixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to (l en suffixing).
     n.
     The act by which something is prefixed.
     vb.
     (present participle of en prefix nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  prefixing
     a.
     (lb en linguistics) Of a language, characterised by heavy use of
  prefixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to (l en suffixing).
     n.
     The act by which something is prefixed.
     vb.
     (present participle of en prefix nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  prefixing
     a.
     (lb en linguistics) Of a language, characterised by heavy use of
  prefixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to (l en suffixing).
     n.
     The act by which something is prefixed.
     vb.
     (present participle of en prefix nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  prefixing
     a.
     (lb en linguistics) Of a language, characterised by heavy use of
  prefixes to create grammatical forms; as opposed to (l en suffixing).
     n.
     The act by which something is prefixed.
     vb.
     (present participle of en prefix nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  prefixing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm p refix ing)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Prefixing /pɹˈiːfɪksɪŋ/
  التقديم

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  prefixing /pɹˈiːfɪksɪŋ/ 
  prefixování

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  prefixing /pɹˈiːfɪksɪŋ/
  voranstellend, vorsetzend
   see: prefix sth. with sth., prefix sth. onto sth., prefixed, They were careful to prefix their statement with a "perhaps" / to prefix "perhaps" onto their statement.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


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