to speak; to talk; to state or tell

Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".

Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings

(bound form) beforehand; in advance; prior (used as an adjective or adverb before a verb)