A, generally signifies, on or in; as, afoot, ashore, aground. Be, to make; as becalm, benumb. Be, for, about; as bespeak, besprinkle. En, Em, in or on; as enclose, embark. En, Em, to make; enable, empoverish. For, denial, from, back; as, forget, forbid, forgive, forswear. Fore, before; as, foretel, forerunner. Im, for In, to make; as, imbitter, impair.

Mis, error, or defect; as, misplace, misunderstand, mistake.

A

Ab

Out, beyond; as, outbid, outrun. Over, above, more than enough; as, overload, overflow, overcharge. Un, before a verb, means undoing; as, unbolt, untie, unlock.

Un, before adjectives and adverbs, means not; as, unfair, unkind. Under, beneath, too little; as, undermine, underrate, underclerk. Up, motion upwards; as, uphold, upset, upland.

With, from or against; as, withhold, withstand.

from or avert, avoid.

-away;

Abs as,

Ad means to; A for Ad, to;

absolve, abbreviate.
abstract, abstain.
as, adjoin, adhere.
as, ascend, ascribe.
as, accept, accede.
as, affix, afflict.

as, aggravate, aggran-
dise.

as, allot, allude.

as, annex, announce.

as, apply, appear.
as, arrive, arrest.
as, assist, assimilate.
as, attend, attract.

At
Am, round or about; as, ambition,

as, compose, compute. as, corrode, corrupt. Contra, against; as, contradict. Counter for Contra, against; counterbalance, countersign.

as,

De, down, off, or from; as, deject, decamp, debar, degrade.

Dis, to take from, away, or not; as, disarm, disorder, disbelieve. Dis, asunder; as, dispel.

Di for Dis, asunder; as, diverge, divide.

Dif for Dis; as, differ, diffuse.
Dif for Dis, not; as, difficult, dif-
fident.

E, out, or out of; as, emit, eject.
Ex, out; as, extend, expel.
Ec for Ex, out; as, ecstacy, eccentric.
Ef
as, ef face, ef fuse.
Extra, beyond; as, extraordinary.
In, before a verb, means in, into, or
on; as, induce, inject.

Il for In, in or into; as, illuminate.

A signifies want of or without; as, apathy, aphony.

An for A; as, anarchy, anonymous. Amphi, round, both, or two; as, amphitheatre, amphibious. Ana, through, back, or again; as, anatomy, analysis, analogy. Anti, against; as, antipathy, antichristian.

Ant', against: as, antarctic antœci. Apo, from or away; as, apostacy, apostle.

Aph, from, off; as, aphelion, aphæ

resis.

Cata, down, from side to side; as, catacomb, cataract.

Cat for Cata; as, catechise.
Cath for Cata; as, catholic, cathedral.
Dia, through; as, diameter, dialect.

The final vowel of anti, apo, cata, dià, epi, hypo, meta, and para, is dropped when the roots begin with a vowel; as, antagonist.

Apo is changed into aph; as, aphelion. Similar changes occur with

Di for Dià, as, diorama.
En, in or on; as, endemic, energy.
Em, in or on; as, emphasis, empiric.
Epi, upon; as, epitaph, epidemic.
Ep, upon; as, ephemeral.
Hyper, above; as, hypercritic.
Hypo, under; as, hypothesis.
Meta, beyond; as, metaphor.
Met, change; as, metonymy.
Para, Par, side by side, near to; as,
parable, parallel, parody.

Peri, round, about; as, perimeter, periphery, period.

Syn, together, with; as, syntax, synopsis.

Sy for Syn, as, system.

Syl Sym

as, syllable. as, sympathy, symmetry.

some other prefixes, when they come before Greek roots whose initial letter has the rough breathing. Thus, epi becomes eph; hypo, hyph; and meta, meth; as, ephemeral, hyphen, method.

[student, deponent.

Ster

One

who, or

the person

that.

[commander, carrier.

mayoress, governess. czarina.

heroine, landgravine. botanist, querist. Levite, favourite. native, fugitive.

executrix, administratria. mediator, benefactor. chorister, youngster.

accuracy, intimacy. bondage, foliage.

denial, revival, refusal.
ignorance, variance.

constancy, vacancy. obedience, silence. agency, fluency. manhood, childhood. advice, notice, cowardice. goodness, blindness. strength, depth. magnitude, multitude. Ty captivity, cruelty. Y [honesty, modesty. Ary, the place where, the thing that; as, library, aviary.

Th Tude

Ate, office or jurisdiction; as,-ponti

ficate.

Dom, the place where, the rank of; as, kingdom, dukedom.

Escence, the state of growing or becoming; as, effervescence, quiescence.

Ics, the art of, science; optics, mechanics, mathematics.

Ion, state of being, act of; contribution, contrition.

Ism, doctrine, idiom, state of being; Calvinism, Latinism, parallelism. Ment, the thing that, act of, being or state of being; as, refreshment, concealment, abatement.

Mony, being or state of being, the
thing that; as, harmony, patrimony.
Ory, the thing that, the place where;
as, memory, dormitory, armory.
Ric, office; as, bishopric.
Ry, the place where, the art of, being;
as, cookery, chemistry, bravery.
Ship, office, state of; clerkship, part-
nership.

T, a thing, a being; as, gift, cleft.
Tide, time or event; as, eventide.
Ure, the state, art of; as, agriculture,
departure.

[demoniac, elegiac.

parental, capital. European, human. humane, urbane. lunar, solar,

military, epistolary. Maltese, Chinese. majestic, apostolic. historical, geographical: torrid, splendid. marine, feminine. auditory, introductory. Aceous, like, of or consisting of; as, foliaceous, cetaceous.

Id Ine Ory]

Escent, growing, or becoming; as putrescent, quiescent.

Ful

Ose

Ous.

hopeful, joyful.

jocose, verbose.
zealous, melodious.

Ile, of or belonging to; may or can bẹ; infantile, fragile, textile.

Ish, like or resembling; belonging to; as, childish, Danish, English. Ish, diminution; as, greenish, stiffish. Ive, having power, or that can; as, decisive, destructive, creative.

Less, want of, without; as, homeless, careless, parentless.

Like, resembling or like; as, childlike, godlike, warlike.

Ly for Like; as, fatherly, brotherly. Some, full of, abundance, somewhat, as, troublesome, frolicsome.

Ward, in the direction of; as, wayward, outward,

Y, full of, covered with; as, flowery, rusty, dusty.

fabbreviate, alleviate, ani

Ish

mate, create.

sweeten.

sanctify.

Hebrew; B. Belgic.

Л.

Elf (S.), a fairy, a hobgoblin. Equus, equal, Unequal.

Estimo, æstimatum, to value. Eternitas, eternity.

Adoro, to adore.

Agon, onis, a contest. Agonize.
Aile (F.), wing; aisle of a church.
Air (F.), look; appearance.
Ala, a wing.