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To mix or mingle together; esp. to mingle, combine, or associate so that the separate things mixed, or the line of demarcation, can no…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.of Blend
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Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.
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Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
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Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
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Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.Relating to derivation.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.The act of inflecting, or the state of being inflected.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.Of or pertaining to inflection; having, or characterized by, inflection.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; "HTML is an initialism for…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.Alt. of Morphological
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word formation.Of, pertaining to, or according to, the principles of morphology.
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A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix in many words of Latin origin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A-(6).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.As a prefix ad- assumes the forms ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-, assimilating the d with the first letter of the word to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix meaning about, around; -- used in words derived from the Latin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix in words of Greek origin, signifying both, of both kinds, on both sides, about, around.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix in words from the Greek, denoting up, upward, throughout, backward, back, again, anew.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix of one or two unaccented syllables to a verse properly beginning with an accented syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix, or combining form, in numerous compounds, usually relating to seed or blood vessels, or to something contained in, or covere…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.See Anti-, prefix.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A Latin preposition and prefix; akin to Gr. 'anti`, Skr. anti, Goth. and-, anda- (only in comp.), AS. and-, ond-, (only in comp.: cf.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of; -- used in composition in many English words. It is often…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), ap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A prefix, originally the same word as by;
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: formation, prefix.A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.
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