PREFINE Pre*fine", v. t. Etym: [L. praefinire; prae before + finire to limit, determine: cf. F. préfiner.]
Defn: To limit beforehand. [Obs.] Knolles.
PREFINITE
Pre*fi"nite, a. Etym: [L. praefinitus, p. p.]
Defn: Prearranged. [Obs.] " Set and prefinite time." Holland.
PREFINITION
Pref`i*ni"tion, n. Etym: [L. praefinitio.]
Defn: Previous limitation. [Obs.] Fotherby.
PREFIX Pre*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prefixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Prefixing.] Etym: [L. praefixus, p. p. of praefigere to fix or fasten before; prae before + figere to fix: cf. F. préfix fixed beforehand, determined, préfixer to prefix. See Fix.]
1. To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement.
2. To set or appoint beforehand; to settle or establish antecedently. [Obs.] " Prefixed bounds. " Locke. And now he hath to her prefixt a day. Spenser.
PREFIX
Pre"fix, n. Etym: [Cf. F. préfixe.]