pref.

American

abbreviation

preface.
prefaced.
prefatory.
preference.
preferred.
prefix.
prefixed.

pref. British

abbreviation

preface
preference
preferred
prefix

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So in his pref. to Adam de Domerham de reb. gest.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Ed. with pref. and notes by R. W. Phipps.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane

To raise = lev‑i; suf -iĝ makes it intransitive; pref. mal- denotes the opposite; ending -o makes it a noun. 2Where he was going.

From International Language Past, Present and Future: With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar by Walter John Clark

Keats, quoted, "a joy for ever," 1880 pref. ix-x.

From A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) by John Ruskin

AS. beneo?an, beny?an; pref. beÏ + neo?an, ny?an, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

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