_Nouns._ _Verbs._ | _Nouns._ _Verbs._ | Ábsent absént. | Éxtract extráct. Ábstract abstráct. | Férment fermént. Áccent accént. | Fréquent frequént. Áffix affíx. | Ímport impórt. Aúgment augmént. | Íncense incénse. Cólleague colléague. | Ínsult insúlt. Cómpact compáct. | Óbject objéct. Cómpound compóund. | Pérfume perfúme. Cómpress compréss. | Pérmit permít. Cóncert concért. | Préfix prefíx. Cóncrete concréte. | Prémise premíse. Cónduct condúct. | Présage preságe. Cónfine confíne. | Présent presént. Cónflict conflíct. | Próduce prodúce. Cónserve consérve. | Próject projéct. Cónsort consórt. | Prótest protést. Cóntract contráct. | Rébel rebél. Cóntrast contrást. | Récord recórd. Cónverse convérse. | Réfuse refúse. Cónvert convért. | Súbject subjéct. Déscant descánt. | Súrvey survéy. Désert desért. | Tórment tormént. Dígest digést. | Tránsfer transfér. Éssay essáy. | Tránsport transpórt. Walker attributes the change of accent to the influence of the participial termination -ing. All words thus affected are of foreign origin. IV. Verbs formed from nouns by changing a final _sharp_ consonant into its corresponding _flat_ one; as, _The_ use _to_ use, _pronounced_ uze. _The_ breath _to_ breathe -- breadhe. _The_ cloth _to_ clothe -- clodhe. * * * * * CHAPTER XIX. ON THE PERSONS. § 283. Compared with the Latin, the Greek, the Mœso-Gothic, and almost all the ancient languages, there is, in English, in respect to the persons of the verbs, but a very slight amount of inflection. This may be seen by comparing the English word _call_ with the Latin _voco_. _Sing._ _Plur._ | _Sing._ _Plur._ 1. Voc-o Voc-amus. | Call Call. 2. Voc-as Voc-atis. | Call-est Call. 3. Voc-at Voc-ant. | [52]Call-eth Call. Here the Latins have different forms for each different person, whilst the English have forms for two only; and even of these one (_callest_) is becoming obsolete. With the forms voc-o, voc-amus, voc-atis, voc-ant, there is, in the current English, nothing correspondent.