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SECTION XXI.

SUFFIXES.

In this Section, the Radicals, being for the most part, very simple, are left without separate definition. In the first column, therefore, will be found the SUFFIXES, in the second, the DEFINITIONS OF THE SUFFIXES, in the third, the DERIVATIVES, and in the fourth, the DEFINITIONS OF THE DERIVATIVES.

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* ATE and EN, in common with FY, IFY, and IZE, are defined above by the phrase "to make;" becauso they are commonly used to form verbs. This phrase, "to make," is taken, as a definition, merely for the sake of convenience. In many cases, other definitions, as "to cause," """ to put," &c., will be found more suitable. Sometimes the suffix is the mere sign of a verb; as locate, to place.

Besides this use, however, ATE and EN, as is seen in the text, to which may be added the suffix ED, are employed to form participles and participial adjectives; and, are then defined by such phrases as, made of," "made into," "made, or formed like," "having," "affected by," &c.

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*This Suffix has two other forms, ETY and TY; as, in variety, and novelty. The Suffix Ous has several forms, as EOUS, CEOUS, etc.

The Suffix FUL, when, with a radical, it forms a noun, signifies "what, or as much as, will fill;" as, handful, what, or as much as, will fill the hand; armful, what will fill the arm.

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Lamb kin,
Gos ling,

An i mal' cule,

Glob' ule,

Tu ber cle,

Par ti cle,

Hill ock,
Flow er et,

Ring let,

Po et as ter,

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DEFINITIONS OF DERIVATIVES.

the act of carting.

having the form of a sphere.

more hard.

most hard.

to grow together; unite.
becoming sour.

act of becoming sour.

the doctrine of the Mormons. without cash.

somewhat new.

somewhat lonely.

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The Suffix AGE, signifies, also, the cost of, the place where, the rank or condition, as also an assemblage of things.

This Suffix deserves special notice. It marks what is peculiar to persons or things; and hence denotes a doctrine or system, a state or condition, as also an idiom in language.

Y, RY, ARY, ERY, ORY, are merely different forms of the same prefix. Beside the meanings given above, they often denote a body or number of things taken collectively; as, perfumery, a collection of perfumes yeomanry, the body or mass of yeomen.

SECTION XXII.

ANALYSIS OF COMPOUND WORDS.

Here, in the first and second columns, the parts of each compound are separately given, with the definitions underneath. In the third column, they are brought together again, and, in the fourth, defined as one word.

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