Verbal Prefixes

Listed below are sundry deedwordy forefastenings noted in the Anglish Tung.

Prefix	Meaning	Examples
a-	1.out 2. an intensifier	1. arise 2. abide, awake
after-	after	aftercome, afterthink
again-*	1. again 2. against	1. againbuy 2. againstand
be-	1. by (literally or figuratively) 2. off 3. an intensifier 4. all around, all over 5. to make	1. belie, bemoan, bespeak, beset, bestand 2. behead, belimb 3. bedazzle, belabour 4. belay, belick, besmell 5. befriend, benothing, besmooth
down-	down	downgrade, download, downplay, downsize
for-	1. to do the opposite of 2. to do to the maximum possible extent	1. forbear, forbid, forget, forsay, forswear 2. fordo, forgather, forgive
fore-	before (physically or temporally)	forego, foretell, forewalk
gain-*	1. against 2. again	1. gainsay, gainstand 2. gainbuy, gaincover
hind-	behind
in-	in, into	inhold, intake
mis-	badly, wrongly	mishear, mislike, misread, misspell
off-	off	offcast
on-	on, onto	oncome, onfall
out-	1. out 2. to do to a greater extent	1. outlead 2. outdo, outlast
over-	1. over 2. to do to too great an extent	1. overshadow 2. overdo, overreach
through-	through	throughshine
thwart-	across
to-	apart, away	tobeat, toburst, tocleave, togo
tween-	between
umbe-	around	umbeclap, umbego, umbeset, umbethink
un-	to do in reverse	undo, undress, unlock, unwind
under-	1. under 2. to do to too little an extent	1. underlie, understand, undertake 2. underpay, underrate
up-	up	update, upheave, upload, upturn
with-*	1. back 2. with 3. against	1. withdraw, withhold 2. withtake 3. withstand, withsay
yond-	beyond

*Deedwords forefastened with ‘again-’, ‘gain-’, or ‘with’ in the meaning of ‘against’ bespeak not the thing being gainstood to, but bespeak the thing doing the gainstanding. Thus, to gainsay oneself is to speak one's being against something, whereas to gainsay towards oneself is to say something against oneself.

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