from one's credit. "Should I detract his worth, 'twould argue want of
merit in myself."

5. To _draw apart_ or away. The attention is _distracted_ when it is
_drawn apart_ from the thing in hand.

6. To _draw out_, to withdraw. Honey is sometimes _extracted_ from the
honeycomb and the comb replaced in the beehive.

7. To _draw_ forward; to extend or prolong; as, "England desired not
to _protract_ the war."

8. To _draw back_; to take back what has been said. When one finds he
has said a hasty thing he would do well to _retract_ it.

9. To _draw back_, as from an enemy. "Come, shepherd, let us make an
honorable _retreat_."

10. To _draw_ away; as apart from the whole. Literally to _draw_ away
from _under_, or in an underhanded way, as by stealth. The word is
very seldom used literally.

11. A _trace_ is one of the tugs or straps by which a vehicle is
_drawn_.

12. A _tractable_ child is one which can be easily led or _drawn_.

13. _Trail_ means to _draw_ along, or what is _drawn_.

14. A _train_ consists of cars _drawn_ by a locomotive.

#ven, vent# = come.

1. _ad_ vent, to
2. _ad_ vent ure, upon
3. _a_ venue, to
4. _con_ vene, together
5. _circum_ vent, around
6. _e_ vent, out
7. _inter_ vention, between
8. _in_ vent, upon
9. _re_ venue, back
10. _pre_ vent, before

1. A _coming_ or arrival of any important event or personage. The
_advent_ of summer. An _Adventist_ is one who makes the second
personal coming of Christ a special feature in his doctrine.

2. An _adventure_ is a stirring experience, _come upon_, as it were,
suddenly and unexpectedly.

3. That which _comes to_ a certain place. Formerly an _avenue_ was a
roadway bordered with trees which _comes to_ a residence.

4. To _come together_. "The household fowls _convene_."

5. To _circumvent_ an individual is to gain an advantage over him in a
secret and round about (_coming around_) way.

6. The _outcome_ of an occurrence; as, "In that _event_ all will be
right." "Marriage is the principal _event_ for good or evil in all
lives."

7. The act of _coming between_ persons or objects; especially
interference with the acts of others.

8. To _come upon_; to find out or discover.

9. _Revenue_ is that which _comes back_, as from an investment; income
from all forms of one's property.

10. To stop or hinder from happening by means of previous measures.
Originally _prevent_ meant to _come before_; as in Matt. xvii:25:
"When Peter wa