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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • prefix On; in.
  • prefix In the act of.
  • prefix In the direction of.
  • prefix In a specified state or condition.
  • prefix Without; not.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old English, from an, on; see on.]

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek; see ne in Indo-European roots.]

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