- ag-
- prefix assim. form of AD- before g.
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var. of ad- before g: agglutinate.* * *
ag-,Ag (no period),1. a) agricultural. b) agriculture.Ag.,1. a) agricultural. b) agriculture.2. August.A.G.,1. adjutant general.2. attorney general.* * *
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ag- prefixassimilated form of L. ad- to, at, before g, as in ag-glūtinātus, ag-gravātus, ag-gressio. Reduced in OFr. to a-, and so entered Eng. as in a-greger, a-grever, a-grege, a-grieve. Afterwards refashioned after L. in all words that survived into mod.Eng., exc. a-gree (ag-grātāre), and spelt ag- in all words taken from L. into mod.Fr. or Eng. As in other forms of ad-, erroneously substituted in 16th c. for a- from other sources, as a(g)grise, OE. a-griacusan.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.