By carefully studying their signification, you will be better
qualified to understand the meaning of those words into the composition
of which they enter, and of which they form a material part.
I. LATIN PREFIXES.
_A, ab, abs_--signify from or away; as, _a-vert_, to turn from;
_ab-ject_, to throw away; _abs-tract_, to draw away.
_Ad_--to or at; as, _ad-here_, to stick to; _ad-mire_, to wonder at.
_Ante_--means before; as, _ante-cedent_, going before.
_Circum_--signifies round, about; as, _circum-navigate_, to sail round.
_Con, com, co, col_--together; as, _con-join_, to join together;
_com-press_, to press together; _co-operate_, to work together;
_col-lapse_, to fall together.
_Contra_--against; as, _contra-dict_, to speak against.
_De_--from, down; as, _de-duct_, to take from; _de-scend_, to go down.
_Di, dis_--asunder, away; as, _di-lacerate_, to tear asunder;
_dis-miss_, to send away.
_E, ef, ex_--out; as, _e-ject_, to throw out; _ef-flux_, to flow out;
_ex-clude_, to shut out.
_Extra_--beyond; as, _extra-ordinary_, beyond what is ordinary.
_In, im, il, ir_--(_in_, Gothic, _inna_, a cave or cell;) as, _in-fuse_,
to pour in.
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