ex- Meaning, Definition & Usage
Ex-
Definitions
. 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 ex hale,ex clude; off, from, or out. as in exscind; beyond,as, in ; 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-;ex cess,ex ceed,ex celas, . 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;es cape,s cape,é liteas, . The Greek formex -president,ex -governor,ex -mayor,ex -convict'ex becomesex in English, as inex arch;'ek becomesec , as inec centric.