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

Lighten 2 (v.) 1 When something lightens or when you lighten it, it becomes less dark
in colour. Make or become brighter. The sky began to lighten. Leslie lightens her hair
every month. 2 archaic Enlighten spiritually
ORIGIN: ME lightenen, from light.
Light 1 (n.) 1 The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
Light 1 (v.) 1 Provide with light. 2 Ignite or be ignited.
ORIGIN OE lēoht līht (n. and adj.), līhtan (v.) of Gmc origin.
Enlist (list) 1 If someone enlists or is enlisted, they join the army, navy, or air force.
Michael enlisted in the 82 nd Airbone 20 years ago.
Derivative: enlistment.
ORIGIN: not given.
List (n.) 1 A list of things such as names or addresses is a set of them which all belong
to a particular category. 2 historical Palisades enclosing an area for a tournament.
ORIGIN OE: līste (in the sense ‘a border, edge’) of Gmc origin.
List (v.) 3 To list several things such as reasons or names means to write or say them
one after another usually in a particular order. Make a list of. The pupils were asked to
list the sports they loved most. 4 archaic Enlist for military service.
ORIGN ME: from OE hlystan, from hlyst ‘hearing’; akin to OE hlysnan ‘to listen’.
Enmesh (mesh) (usually be enmeshed in) Entangle.
Derivative: enmeshment.
ORIGIN: not given.
Mesh (n.) 1 Material made of a network of wire or thread. 2 An interlaced structure.
Mesh (v.) 1 (of a gearwheel) Lock together with another →Make or become entangled
or entwined.
ORIGIN ME: probably from an unrecorded OE word related to MD maesche, of Gmc
origin masca ‘mesh’, Lithuanian mazgos ‘knot’.
Enplane (plane) (also emplane) Go or put on board an aircraft.
ORIGIN: not given.
Plane (n.) Short for aeroplane.
ORIGIN C19: from Fr. aéroplane, from aéro- ‘air’ + Gk –planos ‘wandering’.
Enrage (rage) (usually be enraged) If you are enraged by something, it makes you
extremely angry. He enraged the government by renouncing the agreement.
ORIGIN C15: from Fr. enrager.
Rage (n.) 1 Rage is strong anger that is difficult to control. He admitted shooting the
man in a fit of rage.
Rage (v.) 2 You say that something powerful or unpleasant rages when it continues
with great force or violence. Train services were halted as the fire raged for more than
four hours. 3 If you rage about something, you speak or think very angrily about it.
Monroe was on the phone, raging about her mistreatment by the brothers.
ORIGIN ME: from OFr. rage (n.), rager (v.), from a variant of L. rabies ‘rage’, from
rabere ‘to be mad’; akin to Sanskrit rabhas ‘violence’.
Enrapture (rapture) If something or someone enraptures you, you think they are
wonderful or fascinating. Give intense pleasure to; a literary word. The place at once
enraptured me.
ORIGIN: not given.
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