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put off _to_ another _day_, or indefinitely. 8. To _admonish_ is to give a friendly _warning to_; to give advice. 9. To _adapt_ is to _fit to_ a certain purpose. 10. To _adopt_ is to _choose_ (_to_ one's self); as to _adopt_ a child. 11. _Advent._ The second _coming_ of Christ (_to_ the earth). 12. To _advertise_ goods is to cause the public to _turn_ their attention _to_ them. 13. To _aggregate_ is to collect _into_ a _flock_; to collect into a mass or sum. 14. To _allure_ is to attempt to _entice_ or draw (_to_) by the offer of some good, real or apparent. 15. To _annex_ is to _bind_, join or add _to_, as a smaller thing to a greater. 16. _Append_ means to _hang_ or attach _to_, as by a string. 17. _Affix._ To _fasten to_; to add at the close or end. 18. _Arrive_ literally means to come _to_ the _bank_ or shore (from out on the water). In present usage it means to reach any object or result. 19. _Assail._ To _leap toward_; to attack with violence. 20. _Attach._ To _fasten to_; to affix or connect. #ante# = before. 1. ante _ced_ ent, go 2. ante di _luv_ ian, wash 3. ante _meridi_ an, midday 4. ante pen _ult_, last 1. _Antecedent._ That which _goes before_ in time. 2. _Antediluvian_ (di = away) (ian = one who). _One who_ lived _before_ the flood (_wash away_). 3. _Antemeridian._ _Before_ the _middle_ of the _day_. Generally abbreviated to A. M. 4. _Antepenult_ (pen = almost). _Before almost_ the _last_. The last syllable of a word but two. #bi (bis)# = two (twice). 1. bi _ceps_, head 2. bi _cuspid_, point 3. bi _cycle_, circle. 4. bi _ennial_, year 5. bi _gamy_, marriage 6. bi _mana_, hand 7. bi _nomi_al, name or term 8. bi _ped_, foot 9. bis _cuit_, cook 10. bi _sect_, cut 11. bi _valve_, door 12. ba _lance_, plate 1. The _biceps_ is a muscle which draws up the forearm; so called because it has _two heads_ or origins. 2. The _bicuspid_ teeth have _two points_. 3. A _bicycle_ has _two_ wheels or _circles_. 4. _Biennial_ means lasting _two years_ or occurring once in two years. 5. A _bigamist_ is one who has been _married twice_, and who has two wives or two husbands at the same time. 6. The _bimana_ are animals having _two hands_; as man. 7. A _binomial_ in algebra is a quantity consisting of _two terms_. 8. A _biped_ is an animal having but _two feet_; as man. 9. _Biscuit_ were so called because formerly baked or _cooked twice_. 10.
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