Prefixation in English and Catalan - Departament de Filologia ...

person’s immediate family, typically a parent or sibling. The death of a close relative is
always painful.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. clos, from L. clausum ‘enclosure’ and clausus ‘closed’ (past
participle of claudere).
Engrave (grave) If you engrave something with a design or inscription, or if you
engrave a design on it, you cut the design into its surface. Cut or carve (a text or design)
on a hard surface. Your wedding ring can be engraved with a personal inscription at no
extra cost. I’m having ‘John Law’ engraved on the cap.
ORIGIN C15: from EN- 1 , IN- 2 + grave 3 , influenced by obsolete Fr. engraver.
Grave 3 (v.) 1 archaic Engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface. 2 poetic/literary
Fix indelibly in the mind.
ORIGIN OE grafan ‘dig’, of Gmc origin; related to grave 1 (the place where a dead
person is buried).
Enjoin (join) 1 If you enjoin someone to do something, you order them to do it. If you
enjoin an action or attitude, you order people to do it or have it. This is a formal use.
She enjoined me strictly not to tell anyone else. It is true that Islam enjoins tolerance;
there’s no doubt about that.
Derivative: enjoinment.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. enjoindre, from L. injungere, from in- + jungere ‘join, attach,
impose’.
Join (v.) 1 If one person or vehicle joins another, they move or go to the same place.
His wife and children moved to join him in their new home. 2 If you join an
organization, you become a member of it or start wok as an employee of it. She joined a
dance company. 3 If you join an activity that other people are doing, you take part in it
or become involved with it. Telephone operators joined the strike. 5 To join two things
means to fix or fasten them together. The opened link is used to join the two ends of the
chain.
Join (n.) 8 A join is a place where two things are fastened or fixed together.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. joindre, from L. jungere ‘to join’.
Enliven (liven) To enliven events, situations, or people means to make them more
lively or cheerful. Even the most boring meeting was enlivened by Dan’s presence.
Derivative: enlivenment.
ORIGIN C17 (in the sense ‘give life to’): from C16 enlive, inlive (in the same sense).
Liven (v.) (usually liven something up) Make or become more lively or interesting. He
livens up after midnight, relaxing a little. Talking about her daughters livens her up.
ORIGIN: not given.
Ensue (sue) If something ensues, it happens immediately after another event, usually as
a result of it. If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. ensivre, from L. insequi, based on sequi ‘follow’.
Sue (v.) Institute legal proceedings against (a person or institution), typically for
redress.
ORIGIN ME (also in the sense ‘follow’): from Anglo-Norman Fr. suer, based on L.
sequi ‘follow’.
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