Outline of the history of the English language and literatureAnonymous
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Outline of the history of the English language and literature
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English language -- History; English literature -- History and criticism
=Fer=-o, I carry.--=Confer=, to come together for council; =conference=;
=defer=, to bear one’s self down or yield to the wishes of another;
=deference=; =differ=, to carry asunder, hence to disagree; =different=;
=differently=; =difference=; =offer=, to carry in the way of; =prefer=, to
carry before, hence to esteem more than another; =preference=; =refer=,
to carry back; =suffer=, to bear up, hence to undergo; =transfer=, to
carry across.
=Firm=-us, strong.--=Firm=, strong; =firmness=; =firmly=; =confirm=, to make
more strong; =confirmation=; =affirm=, to declare strongly; =infirm=, not
strong; =infirmity=, state of being infirm, hence disease; =infirmary=,
a place for the infirm; =firmament=, that which is firm, the place
supposed to be fixed above the earth.
=Form=-a, shape.--=Form=, shape; =formal=, according to form; =informal=,
not according to form; =formality=; =formally=; =formative=, giving form;
=formula=, a little form; =conform=, to make of the same form with;
=deform=, to alter or injure the form of; =inform=, to put into form or
shape, educate, instruct; =information=; =misinform=, to give wrong
knowledge to; =perform=, to form thoroughly; =reform=, to form again;
=reformation=; =transform=, to change the form of.
=Grati=-a, favour.--=Grace= (through Fr.); =graceful=, full of the power
to win favour; =gracefulness=; =gracefully=; =gracious=, full of grace;
=disgrace=, state of being out of grace or favour; =grateful=, thankful
for favour; =ingratitude=; =ingrate=, an ungrateful person; =gratify=, to
please; =gratuitous=, by favour and without price; =gratitude=; =agree=
(Fr.).
=Habe=-o, I have.--=Habit=, the having one’s self in a certain
condition; =habitual=; =habitable=, that may be inhabited; =habitat=, the
place which a plant or an animal inhabits; =habitation=, place where
one dwells or inhabits; =exhibit=, to hold out to view; =inhibit=, to
hold in or keep back; =inhibition=; =inhabit=, to be in the habit of
living in; =prohibit=, to hold before one, hence to check.
=Jac=-io (=jact=-um), I throw.--=Eject=, to throw out; =ejectment=, a
throwing out; =ejection=, the act of throwing out; =ejaculate=, to
throw out (a sound); =ejaculation=; =abject=, thrown down; =adjective=,
that which is thrown to or added to; =conjecture=, a throwing
together of chances, or a guess; =deject=, to throw down; =inject=, to
throw into; =interjection=, a throwing into the middle of; =project=
(verb and noun), to throw forward; =subject= (verb and noun), to
throw under; =reject=, to throw back.
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