"forefix" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From fore- + fix.",
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      "form": "forefixes",
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          "ref": "1836, John Benson, The revival and rejection of an old traditional heresy ... or, The doctrine of God decreeing all sin examined and refuted",
          "text": "It pleased the Father of mercies in his matchless wisdom and boundless goodness, to will the existence of Sin, and graciously to decree, and immutably forefix the fall of his creatures, [...]",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1890, Robert T. Jeffrey, The Salvation of the Gospel: A Series of Discourses - Page 409",
          "text": "Yea, thou art forefixing the verdict of the Judgment-seat of God.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1891, William B. Felts, Hernarne: A Comedy - Page 3",
          "text": "It can't be doubted that the Powers above / Forefix some unions in the bonds of love.",
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      ],
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        "To fix or secure in advance"
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          "secure",
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          "in advance",
          "in advance"
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        "(transitive) To fix or secure in advance"
      ],
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  "word": "forefix"
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  "etymology_text": "From fore- + fix.",
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          "ref": "1897, Dental Record: A Monthly Journal of Dental Science Art and Literature, Volume 17",
          "text": "Here they placed the forefix dia to enarmosis and called this condition a di-enarmosis, This projection of the upper jaw might amount to a few millimetres or more."
        },
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          "ref": "1906, Nicholas Udall, The Dramatic Writings of Nicholas Udall - Page 128",
          "text": "[...] a rebuke to Merrygreek's rude mode of speech: to have an M under one's girdle = to use a respectful forefix (Mr., Mrs., &c.) when addressing or mentioning a person.",
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          "ref": "1985, Bruno Novelli, A Grammar of the Karimojong Language - Page 59",
          "text": "The attributive adjective has no particular forefix, as the noun has.",
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        "A prefix (all senses)"
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        "(rare, nonstandard) A prefix (all senses)"
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          "text": "It can't be doubted that the Powers above / Forefix some unions in the bonds of love.",
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          "in advance"
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        "(transitive) To fix or secure in advance"
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          "ref": "1897, Dental Record: A Monthly Journal of Dental Science Art and Literature, Volume 17",
          "text": "Here they placed the forefix dia to enarmosis and called this condition a di-enarmosis, This projection of the upper jaw might amount to a few millimetres or more."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1906, Nicholas Udall, The Dramatic Writings of Nicholas Udall - Page 128",
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          "type": "quotation"
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