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Kirkham, Samuel

"English Grammar in Familiar Lectures"

These prefixes, when incorporated with adjectives or nouns,
commonly reverse their meaning; as, _in-sufficient, im-polite,
il-legitimate, ir-reverence, ir-resolute_.
_Inter_--between; as, _inter-pose_, to put between.
_Intro_--within, into; _intro-vert_, to turn within; _intro-duce_, to
lead into.
_Ob, op_--denote opposition; as, _ob-ject_, to bring against; _op-pugn_,
to oppose.
_Per_--through, by; as, _per-ambulate_, to walk through; _per-haps_, by
haps.
_Post_--after; as, _post-script_, written after; _post-fix_, placed
after.
_Prae, pre_--before; as, _pre-fix_, to fix before.
_Pro_--for, forth, forward; as, _pro-noun_, for a noun; _pro-tend_, to
stretch forth; _pro-ject_, to shoot forward.
_Praeter_--past, beyond; as, _preter-perfect_, pastperfect;
_preter-natural_, beyond the course of nature.
_Re_--again or back; as, _re-peruse_, to peruse again; _re-trade_, to
trade back.
_Retro--_backwards; as, _retro-spective_, looking backwards.
_Se_--aside, apart; as, _se-duce_, to draw aside.
_Sub_--under; as, _sub-scribe_, to write under, or _sub-sign_.
_Subter_--under; as, _subter-fluous_, flowing under.


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