Pre‐fix″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Prefixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Prefixing.] [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. “ Prefixed bounds. ” Locke.
And now he hath to her prefixt a day. Spenser.