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WORD-BUILDING AND DERIVATION. MEANING AND USE OF PREFIXES. 1. LATIX PREFIXES. Lat in Prellxes are prepositions or adverbs put before root- words in th e La t in language. in orde r to mak e compou nds . T he Latin compounds hav e in most cases been converted into English words. but sometimes a La tin prefix is joined to an English word; as, asue-room. The prefix alters or modifies tbe meaning of the root to which it is joined. Thus. cud or cede means to go : "",·cud means to go out or beyond; pro-ceed, to go forward; pre-cede, to go before ; re-cede , to go back; 8UC·C
WORD-BUILDING AND DERIVATION. 271 P9r, through : also pel-: pe r -mit, pe r . sli t. pel e lncid (clea r through and through). Post, after : post -pone . pos t-humous (afte r death), post -script. Pre, before: pr e-fix, pr e-figur e: pr e-dict, pre-cede, pre-fer. Preter, beyond : preter-natural, preter-mit. Pro, before, in stead of ; also pol- , por- , pur- : pro-duce, pr o-noun, pol-lute (to overdow), por-tend (to stretch Iorward), pur-vey. pur-pose. Re, back, again; also re d-: re-mit . re-peat, red-emption (buying back) . Rdtro, ba ckwa rd : retro-spect. retro-grad e. Be, apart ; als o sed. : se-cede, sed-ition (going away). Sin e, wltb out : stne -cure (wit hout care). Sub, under ; also 8Uo-. auf-, aug-. snm-, BUp-, BUr · , SUB-. SU-: sub-jec t, suc-c eed , euf-Ier, eug-gest (to carry under one's notic e), sum -mon, sup-pe rt, aur-reptdtious, BUB-pend, BUepect . Subter, ben eath : eub te r-Iuge (an underhand esca pe). Super , over; also supra- , sur-: sup er-lative, sup er-sede, supra-mundane, sur -pris e, sur-mount, sur-ve l. sur -pass. Trans, beyond , across ; also tr an-, tra- : tr an s - port , tr an - spire (to breathe thr ough ; to become public), tra -verse, tra -duce. Ultra, beyond, extr emely: ultra-marin e (beyond th e sea), ultramontane (beyond th e mount ains-thai te, t he Alps: hence , I talian), ultralibe ral (ove r-Ilbe ra l). The following are examples of DOUble Prefixes :-circum-amb -ient, re -col-lect, re-com-mence, in-cor -rec t, re-im -pose , in -sub-ordinate , in. t rans-itive. 2. ENGLISH PREFIXES. English Prellx es are pr efixes der ived fr om Old Engli sh (or Anglo Saxon ) words. In some cases an Engli sh pr efix is joined to no word of Latin or French orig in; as, out-cry, out-line, out-post. S uch compounds a re called Hy brids. ~ on : also an- , on-, 0': a-board , a-root , a-bed , a-wake , a-rise, an-on (in one -instant), on-set, o'clock. Be, by, a bou t: be-speak, be-dew, be-calm, be-praise. be-spatt er, be-neath , be-Iow. For, again st : ror-bid, for-swear. Fore , before: fore-see, tore-knew, fore-tell. Gain, against ; Off, from, proceeding from : off-shoot, off-spring, off-lng_ Out, beyond: out-liv e, ou t-do, out-run, out-side, outlaw, out-look. Over , above, beyond : over-do, over-charge, over-throw, overseer, ove r-look. Over , upper : over-coat , over-shoes, To, for, to : gain-say. to -day (JOT the day) , to -night, tomorrow In , in, to make: also en -, em-, Im-: In-come-e n-throne, em-bark, ira-bitter, M1.s, wrong : mis-deed, mis-hap, mis-conduct. No, not ; usually n - : ; to -gether, to-ward. Un, not (wit h adjectives): un-h ap py, un- abl e, un-cl ean, un-fair, un -wise. Un, reversal (with verbs) : n-aught, n-ay, n-eith er, n-ever, n-one, un-do, un-tte, un-bind, un -fold, uncover, n-or, no-body ( = none-body ). un-dress, un-make.
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