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UN signifies not; as, unwise, not wise.

WITH signifies against; as, withstand, to stand against.

The following table contains the simple suffixes with their definitions, and words to illustrate them. For want of space a full analysis of the words cannot be given, but the student can supply the want by giving a complete definition of the suffixes and primitive words combined.

a. Ize, tize, ze, ise, se, ish, fy, ify, en, e, ate, iate, uate, cate, icate, ite, signify to make, to give, to put upon or into; as, civilize, stigmatize, glaze, criticise, cleanse, establish, satisfy, justify, soften, breathe, maturate, ampliate, actuate, implicate, duplicate, unite.

b. Ing, ant, ent, ient, signify continuing to; as, watering, dormant, pendent, sufficient.

C. ed signifies did; as, preferred, did prefer.

d. Ate, ite, en, signify made, made of or like, possessed of; as, globate, erudite, silken.

e. Ant, ent, ate, ite, ast, ist, ado, ard, on, oso, ar, ary, iary, er, ee, eer, ier, or, ive, ster, ner, yer, zen, isan, an, ian, tain, signify one, who, a person; as, servant, president, collegiate, favorite, encomiast, botanist, desperado, dotard, glutton, virtuoso, beggar, adversary, incendiary, payer, payee, charioteer, cannonier, executor, executive, teamster, partner, lawyer, citizen, artisan, veteran, grammarian, chieftain.

f. Ess, ix, ine, ago, signify a female; as lioness, mediatrix, heroine, virago.

g. Ity, ety, ty, cy, ce, ice, ude, tude, itude, ness, t, th, mony, signify, the quality or state of being, the thing which or that which; as publicity, variety, novelty, privacy, opulence, justice, quietude, plenitude, exactitude, meekness, restraint, truth, sanctimony.

h. Ion, ment, ament, iment, ure, ture, ature, iture, al, ade, signify the act of; that which; as, erection, ejectment,

armament, impediment, pressure, mixture, signature, expenditure, refusal, cannonade.

i. Al, eal, ial, ual, ern, urn, iac, ic, tic, atic, etic, id, an, ean, ian, ane, ine, ile, eth, th, ar, ary, iary, uary, signify pertaining, belonging, or relating to; as, central, corporeal, dictatorial, habitual, southern, taciturn, demoniac, patriotic, dyspeptic, emblematic, dietetic, stupid, Roman, marmorean, Newtonian, mundane, crystaline, infantile, fortieth, tenth, columnar, missionary, stipendiary, sumptuary.

j. Ose, ous, eous, ious, uous, ceous, aceous, aneous, oneous, itious, ful, ey, y, signify full of; abounding in; having the nature, or quality of; as, verbose, mountainous, righteous, robustious, tempestuous, cetaceous, lardaceous, instantaneous, erroneous, cementitious, hopeful, clayey, juicy.

k. Kin, ling, ule, cule, cle, icle, ock, et, let, aster, signify little, small, minute, slight, petty, lambkin, kingling, globule, animalcule, tubercule, particle, hillock, feveret, ringlet, poetaster.

1. Ics signifies the doctrine, art or science of; as, optics.

m. Ism signifies that which is peculiar to; a doctrine; a state, or condition; as, savageism, Calvinism.

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Er signifies more; as, wiser, more wise.

Est signifies most; as, wisest, most wise.

p. Dom, ric, ate, hood, ship, age, cy, ry, signify the state, rank, office of; the territory or jurisdiction of; as, Popedom, bishopric, electorate, childhood, township, peerage, captaincy, chieftainry.

9. Y, ry, ary, ery, ory, signify the art, practice, or business of; the place where; as, gluttony, bigotry, statuary, cookery, armory.

EXERCISES IN

ABBREVIATIONS USED IN

WRITING.

WRITE OUT IN FULL.

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ABBREVIATE.

In the year of our Lord.

Member of Congress.

Before Christ.

Keeper of the Seal.
Justice of the Peace.
House of Representatives.
As if he would say.
Blessed Virgin.

In the same place.

No one dissenting.

Which was to be demonstrated. A sufficient quantity.

Right Honorable.

For the time being.
Doctor of Divinity.
Superintendent.
New Testament.
A hundred weight.
District of Columbia..
Bachelor of Divinity.

And so forth.

See; refer to.

United States Navy.
The last, or last month.
West Indies.

By the hundred.

Attorney.

Unknown.

Manuscripts.

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Doctor of Laws.
Love of learning.
Right Honorable.
Old Testament.
To wit; namely.

Postmaster; afternoon.
Take notice.

Rhode Island.

Parliament.

Gentlemen; Sirs.

Fellow of the Royal Society.
Professor, President.

Texas, Territory.

Postscript, Regiment.
Mademoiselle, Major.
Italy, Hundred, Dozen.
Fellow of the Society of Arts.
Assistant, Junior.

Cash on delivery.

Thursday, Schooner.

Volume, Philadelphia.
Geology, Louisiana.
Place of the Seal.
Meridian, Thousand.
Legislature, Lieutenant.
Long Island, Matthew.
Executor, Barrel, Adverb.
Mistress, Servant, Democrat.
Alderman, Amount, Editor.
Esquire, Geometry, History.
Constable, Constitution.
Chapter, Capitals, Avenue.
Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota.
Memorandum, Maine.

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What is a preamble?

3. What are legislative powers, and in what are they vested?

4. What is Congress?

5.

What is the Senate? House of Representatives?

6. How are senators and representatives elected, and for how long a term of office?

7. How old must a representative be, and how long a citizen of the United States?

8. What is an elector?

9. How are representatives apportioned among the states?

IO.

What is census? How often taken?

II. If vacancies happen in the representation of any state, how is that vacancy filled?

12. What are writs of election?

13. What officers does the House of Representatives choose?

14. What sole power has this branch of Congress? 15. What is impeachment?

16. Into how many classes are the senators divided?

17.

Who is president of the Senate? Can he vote?

18. Should a vacancy occur in the Senate, what is to be done?

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