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y- (ē, i)

forming, together with the appropriate inflectional change in the base, the past participle of verbs: its use, as a poetic archaism, survived until the end of the 16th cent. yclept

Etymology: ME y-, i- < OE ge-, perfective prefix (basic sense “together”): for IE base see com-

Browse dictionary entries near y-

  1. ‹ Y chromosome
  2. ‹ y-axis
  3. ‹ y'all
  4. ‹ y
  5. ‹ xyster
  6. ‹ xylotomy
  7. ‹ xylotomous
  8. ‹ xylose
  9. ‹ xylophone
  10. ‹ xylophagous
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