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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...without hair. Hoarse, having a rough Apt' Ness, Bald' Ness, Hoarse' Ness, voice. Clean, free from dirt. Fer' Vid, hot; zealous. Near, close by. of TABLE X. The Suffixes Arle And Irle, Defined And Exemplified. Arle or Irle implies that may or can be; capable of being; fit to be. The primitives are defined as verbs; but the derivatives are adjectives. The perfect participial form of the primitive is usually the last defining word. Manner and Order of Forming and Defining the Words. 1. Trace, a slight mark, be traced. 1. Re Sist', to withstand, resisted. 2. Trace' A Rle, that may or can 2. Re $ist' I Rle, that may or can be Spell And Define. As Cend', to mount up. De Rate', to discuss. As Cend' A Rle, De Rat' A Rle, § 1 Rule 3, p. 117. Ex. Rule 1, p. 117. § Rule 1, p. 117 TABLE XI. The Suffixes Ic, Al, &c, Defined And Exemplified. Ic, Al or Ical, Ac, ART, Ane, Ine, or Ile implies pertaining to; belonging to; relating to; consisting of; like. Tic implies the same as ic. When Al converts a verb into a noun, it implies the act of. Ary sometimes implies the art of; one who; the place where. Ile sometimes implies easily. The primitives are nouns or adjectives. The derivatives are the same. Manner and Order of Forming and Defining the Words. 1. Al' Ge Rra, universal arithmetic. 1. El' E Ot, a plaintive poem. 2. Al Ge Rra' ic, like, or pertaining 2. E Le' Gi Ac, % belonging ' to algebra. algebra. elegy. 3. Al Ge Rra' ie At, pertaining to 1. Dtie'Tile,easily led or drawn Spell And Define. De P&s' It, thing intrusted. H¥p' O Crite, a dissembler. De Poj' I Ta nr, one to whom, frc. Hyfocrit'i «Ai,t like a. hypocrite. Plan' Et, a celestial body. He Maiw', pertaining to humanity. Plan' Et A Ry, pertaining to planets. Ser' Pen Tine, winding like ...