PREFIXES. 471 



avert, to turn away from : absolve, to loose from : abstract, to draw 

 from. 



a, also an (Gr. ), without ; not : abyss, a place without a bottom ; 

 atheist, a man without God : a?iarchy, a society without a govern- 

 ment ; anomalous, not similar : tonic, having tone ; atonic, without 

 tone. 



ad, assuming for the sake of euphony the various forms of a, ac, af, ag, 

 al, an, ap, ar, as, at, according to the commencing letter of the 

 primitive or root (L. ), to ; towards : adhere, to stick to ; adduce, 

 to lead to : ad becomes a before s, as in ascend, to climb to : ac 

 before c, as in accede, to yield to ; accrue, to grow to : af before f, 

 as in a/fix, to fix to ; a/fiance, to give faith to : ag before g, as in 

 aggregate, to collect into one mass ; aggravate, to make heavy to : 

 al before 1, as in allot, to apportion to ; allocate, to give a place to : 

 an before n, as in awnex, to tie to ; announce, to tell to : ap before 

 p, as in append, to hang to ; applaud, to clap the hands to : ar 

 before r, as in arrive, to come to the shore ; arrange, to put into a 

 row : as before s, as in assign, to allot to ; assist, to stand to : at 

 before t, as in attract, to draw to ; attest, to bear witness to. 



adeno-, ad-en'-o (Gr. aden, an acorn, a gland), denoting connection with 

 glands ; as ade?io-cele, a glandular tumour. 



al, al (Ar. ), an Arabic prefix signifying ' the ' ; or used to denote 

 ' eminence ' or an * essence ' ; as alchemy, that is, al kimia, the secret 

 art. 



am, amb, also ambi, and amphi (L. ambo, both ; Gr. amphi, about, on 

 both sides), both ; round ; about : amputate, to cut off round about, 

 as a leg : ambition, a going round : ambidextrous, using both hands as 

 right : amphibious, able to live in both elements ; amp/iitheatre, a 

 theatre on all sides ; ampAigens, plants which increase by growth on 

 all sides. 



an, see a (Gr.). 



ana (Gr.), up; up through; back; again: anatomy, a cutting up 

 through ; analogy, a reasoning back ; analysis, a loosening up 

 through ; a?iachronism, a dating up or back : denoting also, through- 

 out ; an increase or repetition ; see aa in medical abbrev. 



ante, in one case anti (L. ), before, in time or place : a?iechamber, a 

 chamber before the principal one ; antecedent, going before : anti- 

 cipate, to take before, to foresee. 



anti, also ant (Gr.), against; opposite: antidote, something given as 

 good against ; aft^pathy, a feeling against : a^arctic, opposite the 

 arctic or north. 



apo (Gr. apo ; Sans, apa, off, away), away ; from : apostasy, a standing 

 away from ; apostle, one sent from. 



arterio-, dr-ter^i-d (Gr. arteria, an artery), of or connected with an 

 artery ; as arferio-phlebotomy, blood-letting as by leeches, the scari- 

 iicator, or lancet. 



auriculo-, dwr-ik'ul-o (L. auricula , the flap of the ear), denoting connec- 

 tion with the ear, or with the auricles of the heart ; see under ' auricle.' 



be (AS. be, sometimes ge), to make ; to take from : be prefixed to a noun 

 forms a verb, as in oecalm, to make calm ; 6edim, to make dim ; oe- 

 friend, to act as a friend to ; 6ehead, to take the head from : be prefixed 

 to a verb signifies 'about' ; over; for ; as oegird, to gird about ; oedaub, 

 to daub over ; fospeak, to speak for : be as the first element in an 



