GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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al-. prefix. (a) [AS. eal.] All; wholly; completely; as, “almighty, almost”. (b) [L. ad.] To; at; on; -- in OF. shortened to a-. See ad-. (c) The Arabic definite article answering to the English the; as, “Alkoran, the Koran or the Book; alchemy, the chemistry.”
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