PREFIXED

Adjective

prefixed

Having a (specified) prefix.

Added as a prefix.

Verb

prefixed

simple past tense and past participle of prefix

Anagrams

• perfixed

Source: Wiktionary


PREFIX

Pre*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefixing.] Etym: [L. praefixus, p. p. of praefigere to fix or fasten before; prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. préfix fixed beforehand, determined, préfixer 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.

Pre"fix, n. Etym: [Cf. F. préfixe.]

Definition: That which is prefixed; esp., one or more letters or syllables combined or united with the beginning of a word to modify its signification; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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