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Definition of Preverb
1. Noun. (grammar) A class of words in the Chinese language whose function is analogous to the cases, prepositions(,) and postpositions of other languages. ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) A verbal prefix in the Algonquin languages whose function is analogous to the adjective of other languages. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preverb
1. a prefix or particle preceding the root of a verb [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preverb
Literary usage of Preverb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Russian reader: accented texts, grammatical and explanatory notes by Paul Jean Marie Boyer, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich Speranskiĭ, Leo Tolstoy, Samuel Northrup Harper (1906)
"Moreover, the choice of preverb is not at all arbitrary; close observation reveals
that it is most often determined by the meaning of the verb in question. ..."
2. Native Writings in Massachusett by Ives Goddard, Kathleen Joan Bragdon (1988)
"who Initial change is made in the first vowel of a stem or, if there is a preverb,
in the first vowel of the first preverb. If the vowel is |a| or |u| it is ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1909)
"Creek preverb and its Hebrew-Aramaic equivalent. M. I,. Margolis. Am. J. Sem.
Lang. 26: 33-Sl. O. 'Oil. Hebrew literature. Early Christian hymn-book. ..."
4. Southern Literary Messenger (1838)
"I' faith, I had nearly written out ihe preverb in full, and there were no good
policy, tny gentle public, in that. How I became familiar, with this familiar ..."
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