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_.
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