Page 402 - Third Book of Reading Lessons

A Be
?()i'e
For --- not
A, ab, abs, signify from, away;
Am, or amb --- about Ambo --- both
Ante - before Circum - around
Cis --- on th s si Con --- together
... ambient, ambition.
... ambidextrous.
... antecedent, anticipate. ... circ spect, circuit.
... cisalpine.
... convene, contain.
READING LESSONS.
PREFIXES AND AFFIXES. SAXON AND ENGLISH PREFIXES.
Mis, un
Out, over --- excess
Up
With ---from, or against ... withdraw, withstand, c. Counter --- contrary ... counteract, counterbalance.
... forbid,jorget. LATIN PREFIXES.
(Ad, in composition with words commencing with a consonant, e· quently changes the d into the commencing letter of the word with which it is joined, viz, ascend, accuse, af x, aggravate, ally, ann apply, arraign, assist, attain.)
(This pre x varies in composition as well as ad. As a general rule, nearly all the pre xes are subject to some variation iu composition.)
Contra
De
Dis, di
E ex
Etra
--- against --- down, of, from --- asunder --- oitt of
--- beyond
... contradict.
... depress, dejec .
... distract, disarm, di use.
... egress, eject, exclude.
... extravagant., extraordinary. ... inact.ive, in rm.
... inject, infuse.
... interrupt, intercede.
... introduce.
...juxtaposition.
In (be re an adj.) not
In (be re a verb) in, into Inter - between Intro - within
Juxta - nigh
Ob - in the way of Per
Post --- after
Pr - before
Pr tei - beyond
Pro ---for,forward Re - back, aga.in Retro - backward
... postpone.
... prdix, predict.
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... preternatural, preterite.
... pronoun, pro_cecd.
... retrac , rcgam, rc wate.
... retrograde, retrospect.
... besprinkle, bespeak, &c.
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as, a ot, abed, &c.
--- in, on, m king ... enroll, encounter, enable, &c.
En
signi es on or in;
(En is often changed into em; as, embark, empower, &c.)
--- b ore ... foretell, forewarn, &c. --- negation ... misin rm, imdo, &c.
as, arise, abjure, abstract. Ad signi es to ... adore.
... obstacle, obstruct, oppoe.
--- through,tlwroug ly permit, perforate, pellucid.
--- about, b re·
... outstrip, overload, &c. --- otion upwards ... upstart, upset, &c.
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