loyed to do clerical work.
_Ary_ is also a suffix of adjectives, meaning _relating to_; as in,
arbitrary, contrary, culinary, exemplary, antiquary, hereditary,
military, primary, revolutionary, solitary, secondary, visionary.
_Ary_ also means _place where_; as in, granary, infirmary, library,
seminary, sanctuary.
#ate# = having.
1. _corpor_ ate, body
2. de _sper_ ate, hope
3. ef _femin_ ate, woman
4. _fortun_ ate, luck
5. in _anim_ ate, breath
6. _cord_ ate, heart
7. _cruci_ ate, cross
8. _cuspid_ ate, point
9. _dent_ ate, tooth
10. _glomer_ ate, ball
11. _labi_ ate, lip
12. _lun_ ate, moon
13. _pin_ (n) ate, feather
14. _serr_ ate, saw
15. _sagitt_ ate, arrow
16. _stell_ ate, star
1. _Corporate_ means _having_ a _body_. (See incorporate, second
month, page 18.)
2. _Having_ no _hope_; as, "Continued misfortune had rendered him
_desperate_."
3. _Effeminate._ _Having_ the qualities of a _woman_; soft, delicate,
to an unmanly degree. Applied to men.
5. _Inanimate._ _Not having breath_; without life.
6. _Cordate._ _Having_ the shape of a _heart_; as a cordate leaf.
#pel, puls# = drive.
1. _com_ pel, together
2. compuls _ion_, act of
3. _dis_ pel, apart
4. _ex_ pel, out
5. expuls _ion_, act of
6. _im_ pel, on
7. _im_ pulse, on
8. pulse
9. _pro_ pel, forward
10. _re_ pel, back
11. _re_ pulse, back
12. repuls _ive_, quality
1. To _compel_, literally means to _drive together_; as a herd (a
Latinism and rare). To _drive_ or urge with force.
8. The _pulse_ is caused by _driving_ the blood through the arteries.
12. A person is _repulsive_ when he has _qualities_ which tend to
_drive_ others _back_ or away.
#pend, pens# = hang.
1. _ap_ pend, to
2. append _age_, that which
3. _de_ pend, from
4. depend _ent_, one who
5. depend _ence_, state or quality of
6. _in_ dependence, not
7. independ_ent_, one who
8. _im_ pend, over
9. pend _ant_, that which
10. pendulum
11. _per_ pendicular, through
12. _sus_ pend, under
13. suspend _ers_, that which
14. suspens _ion_, state of
1. _Append._ To _hang_ or attach _to_.
2. An _appendage_ is _that which hangs to_ something as a part of it.
"This little pensive _appendage_ or tender (the moon) to our fuming
engine of an earth."--_De Quincey._
3. _Depend._ To _hang from_; to be fastened or attached to something
above; to rely upon.
4. A _dependent_ is _one who hangs_ (figuratively), or relies on
another for support.
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