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pref.

American  

abbreviation

  1. preface.

  2. prefaced.

  3. prefatory.

  4. preference.

  5. preferred.

  6. prefix.

  7. prefixed.

pref. British  

abbreviation

  1. preface

  2. preference

  3. preferred

  4. prefix

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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 Clark, Walter John

NM: pref., introductions, bibliography, editing, abridgement & arr. © 25Aug50; A46886.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Commerce, cowardice and, 177. " frauds of, 151-2. " modern, 1857 pref. xi.

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

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

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

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 Webster, Noah

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