| 释义 |
▪ I. as-, prefix1
assimilated form of L. ad- ‘to, at,’ used before s-, as in as-sentīre, as-signāre. Reduced in OF. to a-, and so originally adopted in Eng., as in asent (acent), asygne; but subseq. again spelt as- after L., as in assent, assign. While this restoration was taking place, as- was erroneously extended to several words in a- (before s-) from various sources, as a(s)s-aumple:—L. exemplum, a(s)soil:—L. absolvere. Most of these are obsolete, or have been changed back to a-, or further altered.
▪ II. as-, prefix2
AngloFr. and Eng. variant of OF. es-:—L. ex- ‘out,’ as in as-cape, a(s)s-aumple, as-sart, a(s)s-ay, as-chew, as-soin, as-tonish. In some words this form is still retained; in others it has been altered back to OF. es-, as in escape, essay, eschew, or L. ex-, as in example; in others the a- has been lost by aphesis, as in scape, sample. |