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

Enfold (fold) 1 If something enfolds an object or person, they cover, surround, or are
wrapped around that object or person; a literary use. He was now comfortably enfolded
in a woolly dressing-gown. 2 If you enfold somebody or something, you hold them
close in a very gentle, loving way; a literary use. Track enfolded him in his arms.
ORIGIN: not given.
Fold (v.) 1 If you fold something such as a piece of paper or cloth, you bend it so that
one part covers another part, often pressing the edge so that it stays in place. He folded
the paper carefully. Fold the blanket back. 2 Use (a soft or flexible material) to cover or
wrap something in →Affectionately clasp in one’s arms.
ORIGIN OE: fealdan; akin to OHG faldan ‘to hold’.
Fold (n.) 2 A fold in a piece of paper or cloth is a bend that you made in it when you
put one part of it over another part and press the edge. 3 The folds in a piece of cloth are
the curved shapes which are formed when it is not hanging or lying flat.
ORIGIN OE: OE falod, of Germanic origin.
Enforce (force) 1 If people in authority enforce a law or a rule, they make sure that it is
obeyed, usually by punishing people who do not obey it. The government has only
enforced this ban. 2 To enforce something means to force or cause it to be done or to
happen. They enforced a low-tech specification.
Derivative: enforcement.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. enforcir, enforcier, en- + force ‘force’ based on L. in- ‘in’ +
fortis ‘strong’.
Force (v.) 1 If someone or something forces you to do something, they make you do it
even though you do not want to. 4 If you force something into a particular position, you
use a lot of strength to make it move there. They were forcing her head under the icy
waters, drowning her. 5 If someone forces a lock, a door, or a window, they break it
violently in order to get into a building without using a key. That evening police forced
the door of the flat and arrested Mr Roberts.
Force (n.) 6 If someone uses force to do something, or if it is done by force, strong and
violent physical action is taken in order to achieve it. The government decided against
using force to break-up the demonstrations. 7 Force is the power or strength which
something has. The force of the explosion.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. force (N), forcer (V), from vulgar L. fortia, based on L. fortis
‘strong’.
Enfranchise (franchise) 1 To enfranchise someone means to give them the right to
vote in elections; a formal word. The company voted to enfranchise its 120 women
members. 2 historical Free (a slave).
Derivative: enfranchisement.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. enfranchiss-, enfranchir, from en- (expressing a change of
state) + franc, franche ‘free’.
Franchise (n.) 3 Franchise is the right to vote in an election, especially one in which
people elect a parliament. The introduction of universal franchise.
Franchise (v.) Grant a franchise to.
ORIGIN ME (denoting a grant of legal immunity): from OFr., based on franc, franche
‘free’.
Engirdle (girdle) (also engird) poetic/literary Encircle.
ORIGIN: not given.
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