Anglo-Saxon Prefixes

forearm

(literally, “front part of the arm”) part of the arm from the wrist to the elbow

forebear

(literally “one who has been or existed before”) ancestor; forefather

foreboding

feeling beforehand of coming trouble; misgiving; presentiment; omen

forecast

estimate beforehand of a future happening; prediction; prophecy

forefront

(literally “front part of the front”) foremost place or part; vanguard

foregoing

going before; preceding; previous

foremost

standing at the front; first; most advanced; leading; principal; chief

foreshadow

indicate beforehand; augur; portend

foresight

act of looking forward; prudence; power of seeing beforehand what is likely to happen

foreword

front matter preceding the text of a book; preface; introduction; prologue

misbelief

wrong or erroneous belief

misdeed

bad act; wicked deed; crime; offence

misfire

(literally “fire wrongly”) fail to fire or explode properly

misgiving

uneasy feeling; feeling of doubt or suspicion; foreboding; lack of confidence

mishap

bad happening; misfortune; unlucky accident; mischance

mislay

put or lay in an unremembered place; lose

mislead

lead astray (in the wrong direction); deceive; delude; beguile

misstep

wrong step; slip in conduct or judgement; blunder

outgrow

grow beyond or too large for

outlandish

looking or surrounding as if it belongs to a (foreign) land beyond ours; strange; fantastic

outlast

last longer than; outlive; survive

outlook

looking ahead or beyond; prospect for the future

output

(literally what is “put out”) yield or product; amount produced

outrun

run faster than

outspoken

speaking out freely or boldly; frank; vocal; not reserved

outwit

get the better of being more clever; outsmart; outfox

overbearing

domineering; bossy; inclined to dictate

overburden

place too heavy a load on; burden excessively; overtax; overload

overconfident

too sure of oneself; excessively confident

overdose

quantity of medicine beyond what is to be taken at one time or in a given period; too big a dose

overestimate

make too high an estimate (rough calculation) of the worth or size of something or someone; overvalue; overrate

overgenerous

too liberal in giving; excessively openhanded

overshadow

1. cast a shadow over; overcloud; obscure

2. be more important than; outweigh

oversupply

too great a supply; an excessive supply

overwhelm

cover over completely; overpower; overthrow; crush