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| PREFIX: | 1a. Earlier; before; prior to: prehistoric. b. Preparatory; preliminary: premedical. c. In advance: prepay. 2. Anterior; in front of: preaxial. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prae-, from prae, before, in front. See per1 in Appendix I.
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