A prefix from the latin preposition,
ex, akin to Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying
out of, out, proceeding from. Hence, in
composition, it signifies out of, as, in exhale,
exclude; off, from, or out. as in
exscind; beyond, as, in excess, exceed,
excel; and sometimes has a privative sense of without,
as in exalbuminuos, exsanguinous. In some words, it
intensifies the meaning; in others, it has little affect on the
signification. It becomes ef- before f, as in
effuse. The form e- occurs instead of ex- before
b, d, g, l, m, n, r,
and v, as in ebullient, emanate,
enormous, etc. In words from the French it often appears as
es-, sometimes as s- or é-; as,
escape, scape, élite. Ex-,
prefixed to names implying office, station, condition, denotes that
the person formerly held the office, or is out of the office
or condition now; as, ex-president, ex-governor,
ex-mayor, ex-convict. The Greek form 'ex
becomes ex in English, as in exarch; 'ek
becomes ec, as in eccentric.
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