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Meaning of prefigation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Synonym of prefixation.

rare

Examples

“Despite this, however, the OHG Benedictine Rule can be used to illustrate Streitberg's definition of perfective aspect in Germanic by means of prefigation […]”
“A common structure of Swedish verbs is to have a stem with fairly broad meaning and a set of prefigated forms with a narrower, lexicalized meaning. This prefigation of verbs is productive only to a very small extent, […]”
“For such perfectivization by means of lexical prefigation, see the productive prefixal paradigms in Modern Russian, […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

Prefiguration prefigurativeness Prefigure Prefigured prefigurement Prefigures

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