back_ from a given position.

8. To _go aside_; to separate; as to _secede_ from the church.

9. To _go_ or follow _after_ in order of time; as, one shock
_succeeded_ another with great rapidity.

NOTE 1.--The principal parts of the Latin verb are _cedo_, _cedere_,
_cessi_, _cessum_. From this it appears that words 10-18 above are
kindred in meaning and correspond to words 1-9.

NOTE 2.--Observe that in three of these words the root is spelled
_ceed_, in the others _cede_.

#cent#--hundred.

1. cent _enni_ al, year
2. centi _grade_, step, degree
3. centi _meter_, measure
4. centi _ped_, foot
5. _per_ cent, by

1. Happening once in a _hundred years_. The _Centennial_ Exposition
was held in Philadelphia in 1876, one hundred years after the signing
of the Declaration of Independence.

2. Divided into one _hundred degrees_. On the _centigrade_ thermometer
there are one hundred degrees between the freezing point and the
boiling point.

3. _Centimeter._ The _hundredth_ part of a meter (standard of
_measure_).

4. _Centiped._ A segmented invertebrate animal of the class nyrapod
(Greek for _many feet_), so called because it has a great many
(indefinitely one _hundred_) _feet_.

5. _By_ the _hundred_; as, six _per cent_; that is, six cents on the
dollar.

#civ# = citizen.

1. _civ_ic, pertaining to
2. civ _il_, quality of
3. civil _ize_, to make
4. civil _ian_, one who

1. _Civic._ _Pertaining to_ a _citizen_, or the affairs of a city.

2. _Civil._ Fit to live in a state or society with _citizens_.

3. _Civilize._ To _make civil_. To instruct in the arts and customs of
_citizen_ship.

4. A _civilian_ is _one whose_ pursuits are those of a _citizen_ and
not of a _soldier_.

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#ex# = out, beyond, from.

(_e_, _ec_, and _ef_, are euphonic variations of _ex_.)

1. ex _ceed_, go
2. ex _cept_, take
3. ex _clude_, shut
4. ex _curs_ion, run
5. ex _cuse_, charge
6. ex _hale_, breathe
7. ex _it_, go
8. ex _pand_, spread
9. ex _pect_, look
10. ex _ped_ ite, foot
11. ex _pel_, drive
12. ex _pire_, breathe
13. ex _port_, carry
14. ex _tent_, stretch
15. ex _tract_, draw

5. To _excuse_ is to relieve (take _out_) from the _charge_ of blame.

10. To _expedite_ is to hurry forward; especially by removing
hinderances (as _from_ the _feet_).

#in (il, im, ir)# = in, into, on, not.

1. il _leg_ al, law
2. il _liter_ ate, letter
3. im _bibe_, drink