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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.]
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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.
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2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish
antecedently. [Obs.] " Prefixed bounds. " --Locke.
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And now he hath to her prefixt a day. --Spenser.
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