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Definitions

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  • prefix Prefix meaning "against", "in opposition to".
  • prefix Prefix meaning "back", "back around", "in reverse", "in return".
  • prefix Prefix meaning "off", "out", "away", "from".
  • prefix Prefix meaning "with", "along with", "together (with)".

Etymologies

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From Middle English with-, from Old English wiþ- ("against, away", prefix), from wiþ ("with, by, near, against, beside, at, through, for, in return, opposite, towards, to", preposition). Cognate with Danish ved-, Swedish vid-, Faroese við-, Icelandic við-. Related also to English wither-, and Dutch weder- ("back"), German wider- ("against"), German wieder- ("again"). More at with.

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Examples

  • Most government bonds held by insurers back so-called with- profits life policies in which the customers and sellers share any gains or losses on their investments.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Unfortunately, his infidelity with Mildred Baena, and the subsequent birth of his lovechild were biological-reproductive rules he was playing with- and only god can tamper with those.

    Dr. Dahlia Keen: What is a "Schwarzenegger"? Dr. Dahlia Keen 2011

  • Unfortunately, his infidelity with Mildred Baena, and the subsequent birth of his lovechild were biological-reproductive rules he was playing with- and only god can tamper with those.

    Dr. Dahlia Keen: What is a "Schwarzenegger"? Dr. Dahlia Keen 2011

  • Unfortunately, his infidelity with Mildred Baena, and the subsequent birth of his lovechild were biological-reproductive rules he was playing with- and only god can tamper with those.

    Dr. Dahlia Keen: What is a "Schwarzenegger"? Dr. Dahlia Keen 2011

  • Unfortunately, his infidelity with Mildred Baena, and the subsequent birth of his lovechild were biological-reproductive rules he was playing with- and only god can tamper with those.

    Dr. Dahlia Keen: What is a "Schwarzenegger"? Dr. Dahlia Keen 2011

  • We all have to follow rules we don't always like or agree with- it's life.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2012

  • "And make sure that in a setting like this, anything I say that can affect a place with- with rockets going in, with people dying, I don't do anything that would harm that- that process."

    NYT > Global Home By MICHAEL D. SHEAR 2011

  • This is not an issue of corporate governance, that mushy concept that obfuscates what you should be born with- an ingrained sense of what is right and what is wrong.

    Forbes.com: News Robert Lenzner 2011

  • "The answer lies somewhere with- in a governing body able to take full re- sponsibility for the issues."

    NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2011

  • "The answer lies somewhere with- in a governing body able to take full re- sponsibility for the issues."

    NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2011

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