-ile, as ductile, missile, hostile.

-ble, as noble, feeble, double, humble.

-ple, as simple, triple, people.
-ible, as visible, terrible, possible.
-able, as saleable, lovable, blameable.

(4) Many with an sound:

-or, as tutor, doctor; direct from the Latin. -our, as honour, colour; through the French. -ier, as cavalier, rapier.

-eer, as volunteer, charioteer.

-ure, as capture, nature, treasure.

(5) Many in t sounds:

-ct, as compact, perfect.

-pt, as abrupt, corrupt.

-ate, as mandate, magistrate.

-ant, as merchant, regnant, hydrant.

-ent, as agent, lenient.

-lent, as violent, corpulent.

-ment, as ornament, firmament.

-ist, as artist, pugilist, fatalist.

(6) Many in s sounds:

-ence, as innocence, conscience.

-ice, as novice, avarice.

-ose, as prose, morose.

-ous, as fabulous, barbarous.

(7) Also the following:

-ic, as rustic, civic.

-id, as rigid, splendid, squalid.
-tude, as magnitude, longitude.

-ee (French), as repartee, legatee, vendee.

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And Verbs in

210.

-ate, as migrate, congregate.
-ish, as polish, finish.

-ise, as chastise, promise.

-y, as apply, occupy.

III.-GREEK DERIVATIVES.

-y, as monarchy, geography, geology, astronomy, and a great number of scientific terms.

-ism, as barbarism, fatalism.

-sis, as analysis, synthesis, ellipsis.

-am, as diagram, monogram.

Also, some Verbs in -ize and -ise, as baptize, analyse.

Prefixes.

211. Derivatives are formed from simple words by prefixing, that is putting before the word, a syllable, which may or may not be itself a word in use.

error or failure
from, out of

upon, forward

beyond bounds

beyond, above

with Nouns, Adjec-)

EXAMPLES.

foreland, forehead. foresee, foreshadow. forthcoming, forthwith. gainsay, gainstand. income, inland, infold. mistake, misbehave. offspring, offset.

onset, onward.

outwit, outbreak, outlaw. overflow, overcome.

tives,and Adverbs, unbelief,uneven,unhappily

215. When an English prefix is attached to a foreign word, or a foreign word has an English suffix, the result is called a hybrid, or mongrel word.

Many such words have obtained a firm footing in our language: for example, unchaste and ungrateful, which are Latin words with an English prefix, and perfectness and pureness, which are Latin words with an English suffix.