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   A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources.；(1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on),；denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground,；aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2)；AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofd/ne off the dun or hill). (3) AS.；a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and；sometimes the sense of away, on, back, as in arise, abide, ago. (4) Old；English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-,；cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no；essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French a (L. ad；to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7)；Greek insep. prefix / without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist;；akin to E. un-.

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