Kata bahasa Indonesia
English word
CIDE DICTIONARY
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A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss , detriment , or destruction , and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly , quite thoroughly , as in for bathe. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
, prefix forming verbs and their derivatives meaning:
1 away, off, apart (forget; forgive).
2 prohibition (forbid).
3 abstention or neglect (forgo; forsake).
4 excess or intensity (forlorn).
1 away, off, apart (forget; forgive).
2 prohibition (forbid).
3 abstention or neglect (forgo; forsake).
4 excess or intensity (forlorn).
Etymology
OE for-, f{aelig}r-