by a change of accent; as _to surv['e]y_,
from a _s['u]rvey_.

_Nouns._ _Verbs._ | _Nouns._ _Verbs._
|
['A]bsent abs['e]nt. | ['E]xtract extr['a]ct.
['A]bstract abstr['a]ct. | F['e]rment ferm['e]nt.
['A]ccent acc['e]nt. | Fr['e]quent frequ['e]nt.
['A]ffix aff['i]x. | ['I]mport imp['o]rt.
A['u]gment augm['e]nt. | ['I]ncense inc['e]nse.
C['o]lleague coll['e]ague. | ['I]nsult ins['u]lt.
C['o]mpact comp['a]ct. | ['O]bject obj['e]ct.
C['o]mpound comp['o]und. | P['e]rfume perf['u]me.
C['o]mpress compr['e]ss. | P['e]rmit perm['i]t.
C['o]ncert conc['e]rt. | Pr['e]fix pref['i]x.
C['o]ncrete concr['e]te. | Pr['e]mise prem['i]se.
C['o]nduct cond['u]ct. | Pr['e]sage pres['a]ge.
C['o]nfine conf['i]ne. | Pr['e]sent pres['e]nt.
C['o]nflict confl['i]ct. | Pr['o]duce prod['u]ce.
C['o]nserve cons['e]rve. | Pr['o]ject proj['e]ct.
C['o]nsort cons['o]rt. | Pr['o]test prot['e]st.
C['o]ntract contr['a]ct. | R['e]bel reb['e]l.
C['o]ntrast contr['a]st. | R['e]cord rec['o]rd.
C['o]nverse conv['e]rse. | R['e]fuse ref['u]se.
C['o]nvert conv['e]rt. | S['u]bject subj['e]ct.
D['e]scant desc['a]nt. | S['u]rvey surv['e]y.
D['e]sert des['e]rt. | T['o]rment torm['e]nt.
D['i]gest dig['e]st. | Tr['a]nsfer transf['e]r.
['E]ssay ess['a]y. | Tr['a]nsport transp['o]rt.

Walker attributes the change of accent to the influence of the participial
termination -ing. All words thus affected are of foreign origin.

IV. Verbs formed from nouns by changing a final _sharp_ consonant into its
corresponding _flat_ one; as,

_The_ use _to_ use, _pronounced_ uze.
_The_ breath _to_ breathe -- breadhe.
_The_ cloth _to_ clothe -- clodhe.

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CHAPTER XIX.

ON THE PERSONS.

s. 283. Compared with the Latin, the Greek, the Moeso-Gothic, and almost
all the ancient languages, there is, in English, in respec