ion_ of a thing is, in a sense, the _make_ of it.

NOTE.--_fy_, meaning to make, is found as a suffix in derivatives too
numerous to mention; as, purify (to _make pure_), rarefy (to _make
rare_), classify (to _make_ or put into a _class_), etc.

#fer, ferr# = carry, bear, bring.

1. _circum_ fer ence, around
2. _con_ fer, together
3. _dif_ fer, apart
4. fert _ile_, capable of
5. _of_ fer, (ob) near.
6. _pro_ (f)fer, forth
7. _re_ fer, back
8. re fer _ee_, one who
9. _suf_ fer, (sub) under
10. _trans_ fer, across

1. See first month, page 10.

2. When two or more persons _confer_ they _bring together_ opinions
and facts on some special subject.

3. See second month, page 13.

5. To _bring near_ to; to present for acceptance; as, to _offer_ one's
services.

6. To _bring_ or put _forward_; to hold _forth_ so that a person may
take; as, to _proffer_ a gift.

7. To direct for information. Literally, to _carry back_; as, "Mahomet
_referred_ his new laws to the angel Gabriel, by whose direction he
gave out they were made."

9. To _suffer_ is to _bear under_; to undergo.

NOTE.--_Ferr_ is an irregular Latin verb the principal parts of which
are: _fero_, _ferre_, _tuli_, _latus_. The last form is found in a
number of English words; as, dilate, elate, legislate, relate,
superlative, translate. The meaning of the root in these words, as in
the ten given above, is _bear_, _carry_, or _bring_.

#fest# = feast.

1. fest _al_. _Pertaining to_ a _feast_, a holiday or celebration.

2. fest _ive_. _Pertaining to_ or becoming a _feast_; festal, joyous,
gay.

3. festival. A time of _feasting_ or celebration.

4. festivity. Joyousness, gayety, such as becomes a _feast_.

5. festoon. Originally an ornament for decoration at a _feast_.

6. fete. Modern French, equivalent of _feast_.

FOURTH MONTH.

#uni# = one.

1. unit, one
2. un _ity_, ness
3. un _ion_, state of being
4. unite
5. _dis_ unite, not
6. _re_ unite, again
7. un _anim_ ous, mind
8. unanim _ity_, state of being
9. uni _corn_, horn
10. uni _form_, form
11. uni _son_, sound
12. uni _verse_, turn
13. unique
14. onion

9. The _unicorn_ is a fabulous _one-horned_ animal.

12. The _universe_ consists of all things considered as _one_ whole.

13. A thing is _unique_ when it is the only _one_ of its kind.

14. _Onion_ comes from the Latin _unio_, which means _oneness_; also a
single pearl of large size rese