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Etymological question - why do words like debar and bar and depress and press mean the same things?

Asked by playthebanjo (2949points) June 16th, 2008

There are probably other examples of this…but it confuses me. Can anyone help and/or offer other examples of these types of synonyms? Is it just the “de” prefix where this occurs?

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