1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 91 pages of information about 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading.

1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 91 pages of information about 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading.

  79. What does With signify?
  Against or back, as withstand, withdraw.

  80. What other signification has With in some words?
  Near, as within; together, as withal, etc.

  81. What suffixes signify “able to be"?
  Able, ible, and ile, as curable, audible, and visible.

  82. What suffixes signify rank, or office?
  Acy, ate, ric; dom, and ship, as in curacy, pontificate, bishopric,
          kingdom, and clerkship.

  83. What is the signification of Age?
  Act of, as marriage, passage, etc.

  84. Has the suffix Age any other signification?
  From the Latin ago, it means collection.

  85. What does An signify?
  One who, or the person who acts, as equestrian, pedestrian, etc.

  86. What does Ana signify?
  A collection of memorable sayings, as Franklinana—­the sayings of
          Franklin.

  87. What does Ant signify?
  Being, and has the force of ing, as dominant, verdant, etc.

  88. What is the signification of the suffix Art?
  One who, as braggart.

  89. What does Ary signify?
  Place where, or place which, as library, aviary, etc.

  90. What does Ate signify?
  Full of, or abundance, as desolate, passionate, etc.

  91. What is the signification of Celli?
  Little, as vermicelli, etc.

  92. What other suffixes also signify Little?
  Cle, cule, el, en, kin, let, ot, ling, ock, and ie.

  93. What does Ene signify?
  Belonging to, as terrene, etc.

  94. What is the signification of Eous?
  Full of, as beauteous, etc.

  95. What does Ed signify?
  When added to a verb it signifies did, as played; but to a participle,
          was, as completed.

  96. What is the signification of Er?
  More or often, as brighter, glimmer, etc.

  97. What does Erly signify?
  Direction of, as northerly.

  98. What does Es signify?
  More than one, as foxes, etc.

  99. What does Escent signify?
  Growing or becoming, as convalescent.

  100. What does Esque signify?
  Belonging to, or like, as picturesque, etc.

  101. What does Ess signify?
  Feminine when added to nouns, as tigress.

  102. What does Est signify?
  Greatest or least, as largest, smallest, etc.

  103. What does Head signify?
  State or nature, as Godhead.

  104. What does Ics signify?
  Things relating to, as optics, etc.

  105. What does Ides signify?
  Resemblance, as alkaloides, etc.

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