forefix

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of forefix

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To fix or secure in advance
    “It pleased the Father of mercies in his matchless wisdom and boundless goodness, to will the existence of Sin, and graciously to decree, and immutably forefix the fall of his creatures, [...]”
    “Yea, thou art forefixing the verdict of the Judgment-seat of God.”
    “It can't be doubted that the Powers above / Forefix some unions in the bonds of love.”
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verb

  1. (transitive)To fix or secure in advance
    “It pleased the Father of mercies in his matchless wisdom and boundless goodness, to will the existence of Sin, and graciously to decree, and immutably forefix the fall of his creatures, [...]”
    “Yea, thou art forefixing the verdict of the Judgment-seat of God.”
    “It can't be doubted that the Powers above / Forefix some unions in the bonds of love.”

noun

  1. (nonstandard, rare)A prefix (all senses)
    “Here they placed the forefix dia to enarmosis and called this condition a di-enarmosis, This projection of the upper jaw might amount to a few millimetres or more.”
    “[...] a rebuke to Merrygreek's rude mode of speech: to have an M under one's girdle = to use a respectful forefix (Mr., Mrs., &c.) when addressing or mentioning a person.”
    “The attributive adjective has no particular forefix, as the noun has.”

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Etymology

From fore- + fix.

Anagrams of forefix

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