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


  Ex- \Ex-\
     A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or
     'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in
     composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude;
     off, from, or out, as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess,
     exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of
     without, as in exalbuminous, exsanguinous. In some words, it
     intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on
     the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The
     form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and
     v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the
     French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or ['e]-; as,
     escape, scape, ['e]lite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying
     office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly
     held the office, or is out of the office or condition now;
     as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The
     Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek
     becomes ec, as in eccentric.
     [1913 Webster]

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


  Ex- \Ex-\
     A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or
     'ek signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in
     composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale, exclude;
     off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond, as, in excess,
     exceed, excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of
     without, as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it
     intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on
     the signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in effuse. The
     form e- occurs instead of ex- before b, d, g, l, m, n, r, and
     v, as in ebullient, emanate, enormous, etc. In words from the
     French it often appears as es-, sometimes as s- or ['e]-; as,
     escape, scape, ['e]lite. Ex-, prefixed to names implying
     office, station, condition, denotes that the person formerly
     held the office, or is out of the office or condition now;
     as, ex-president, ex-governor, ex-mayor, ex-convict. The
     Greek form 'ex becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek
     becomes ec, as in eccentric.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  ex
       adj : out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
             "demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn: antique,
              demode, old-fashioned, old-hat(p), outmoded, passe,
              passee]
       n 1: a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband [syn: ex-husband]
       2: a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his
          exes live in Texas" [syn: exwife]

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


  ex
     Λατινικά adv.
     έξω από