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prefixed |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Prefix \Pre*fix"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prefixed}; p. pr & vb n. {Prefixing}.] [L. praefixus p. p. of praefigere to fix or fasten before prae before + figere to fix: cf F. pr['e]fix fixed beforehand, determined, pr['e]fixer to prefix. See Fix.] 1. To put or fix before or at the beginning of another thing as to prefix a syllable to a word or a condition to an agreement. 2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently. [Obs.] `` Prefixed bounds. '' --Locke. And now he hath to her prefixt a day --Spenser.
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