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PrefixLatin
re
back, again
Latin re- sends things back: recede goes back, rescind cuts back, and refute beats an argument back.
Words built from it
- reduce — to make smaller in size or amount
re- (back) + duce (lead) - recede — to move back or away
re- (back) + cede (go) - reluctant — unwilling, hesitant
re- (against) + luct (struggle) - redundant — unnecessary because repetitive
re- (again) + und (overflow) - refute — to prove wrong
re- (back) + fute (beat down) - rescind — to officially cancel or revoke
re- (back) + scind (cut)
Looks like it, but is not
- rectify — from Latin rectus 'straight, right' + facere 'to make' — the re- here is just the start of 'rect-', not the back/again prefix
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