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Dis denotes separation, department; hence it gives words a negative sense.
able, dis-able; agree, dis-agree; allow, dis-allow; belief, dis- belief; credit, dis-credit; esteem, dis-esteem; grace, dis-grace; honor. dis-honor.
Fore denotes before, in time, sometimes in place.
bode, fore-bode; father, fore-father; know, fore-know; noon, fore-noon; tell, fore-tell; taste, fore-taste; warn, fore-warn; run, fore-run
In, which is sometimes changed into il, im, and ir, denotes in, on, upon, or against; it gives to adjectives a negative sense, as in infirm; sometimes it is intensive; sometimes it denotes to make; as bank, imbank; brown, imbrown; bitter, imbitter.
In the following, it gives a negative sense.
material, im-material; moderate, im-moderate; mutable, im- mutable; pure, im-pure; active, in-active; applicable, in- applicable; articulate, inarticulate; attention, in-attention; cau- tious, in-cautious; defensible, in-defensible; discrete, in- discrete; distinct, in-distinct; religious, ir-religious; reverent, ir-reverent; revocable, ir-revocable
Non is used as a prefix, giving to words a negative sense. appearance, non-appearance; compliance, non-compliance;
conformist, non-conformist; resident, non-resident
Out, as a prefix, denotes beyond, longer than, or more than.
leap, out-leap; live, out-live; venom, out-venom; resident, non-resident
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