PRE-, PRÆ- (L.), before, as _pre_dict, _pre_fer, _pre_arrange, _præ_tor;
also in _pri_son and _pro_vost. [L. _præ_, akin to L. _pro_.]
PRETER- (L.), beyond, as _preter_it, _preter_natural, _preter_mit. [L.
_præter_--_præ_, with comp. suffix -_ter_.]
PRO- (Gr.), before, as prologue, programme, prophet. [Gr. pro; cog. with L.
pro-, Sans. pra, Eng. for (prep.).]
PRO- (L.), forth, forward, before, instead, as _pro_ject; instead of, from
the idea of being before, as _pro_noun, _pro_consul. Appearing also as
POR-, POUR-, PR-, PROF-, PUR-, and as PROD- in _prod_igal.--Of Fr. origin,
_pro_ceed, _pur_chase, _pur_pose, _pur_sue, _pur_vey. [Cog. with _pro-_
(Gr.), which see.]
PROS- (Gr.), towards, as _pros_elyte, _pros_ody.
PROTO-, PROT- (Gr.), first, as _proto_type, _prot_oxide. [Gr. _pr[=o]tos_,
first.]
PUR-. See under Pour-.
RE-, RED-, REN- (L.), change of place or condition, as in _re_move,
_re_union (an assemblage of things or persons formerly apart); hence,
change of motion from one direction to the opposite='back,' 'again,'as
_re_tract, _re_sound, _re_deem, _re_dolent. It appears as REN- in _ren_der,
&c.; as R- in _r_ally, _r_ampart; as RA- in _ra_gout. In _re_build,
_re_mind, &c. it has been prefixed to English words.
RETRO- (L.), back, backwards, as _retro_spect, _retro_grade.--Of Fr.
origin, _rere_ward, ar_rear_, &c.
S- for _Se-_, as in _s_ure; for _Dis-_, as in _s_pend; for _Ex-_, as in
_s_ample; for _Sub-_, as in _s_ombre.
SE-, SED- (L.), without, as _se_cure; aside, as _se_duce, _se_cede,
_sed_ition; appearing as S- in _s_ure, _s_ober.