Pre"ter- (?). [L. praeter past, beyond, originally a compar. of prae before. See For, prep.]

A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural.

[Written also praeter.]

 

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