Outline of the history of the English language and literatureAnonymous
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Outline of the history of the English language and literature
Anonymous
English language -- History; English literature -- History and criticism
=Jung=-o (=junct=-us, joined), I join.--=Join= (through Fr.); =joint=, a
place where things are joined; =joiner=, one who joins; =juncture=, a
joining; =conjoin= (Fr.), to join together; =conjuncture=, a joining
together; =disjoin= (Fr.), to separate; =adjunct=, something joined to;
=conjunction=, that which joins together.
=Leg=-o (=lect=-um), I gather or read.--=Collect’=, to gather together;
=col’-lect=, what is gathered together; =collection=; =collector=; =elect=,
to gather out from; =election=; =elector=; =select=, to choose apart, to
pick out; =legend=, that which should be read; =legible=, that which
may be read.
=Mitt=-o (=miss=-um), I send.--=Admit=; =commit=, to send together with, to
intrust to; =commitment=, a sending together; =commission=, a sending
with authority; =emit=, to send out; =emission=, a sending out; =omit=,
to send away, to leave out; =omission=, the act of leaving out;
=permit=; =permission=; =remit=, to send back; =transmit=, to send through.
=Norm=-a, a rule.--=Normal=, according to rule; =normally=; =enormous=,
great, beyond rule; =enormity=; =abnormal=, away from rule.
=Nosc=-o (=not=-um), I know or mark.--=Note=, something by which a thing
may be known, hence a mark; =noted=, known; =notable=, deserving to be
known; =noble= (Fr.); =notify=, to make known; =notorious=, too well
known; =notice=, a warning to know; =noticeable=, likely to be observed
or known.
=Ord=-o (=ordin=-is), arrangement.--=Order=; =ordain=, to arrange or put in
order; =ordinal=, that which shows arrangement; =ordination=, the act
of arranging; =ordinary=, according to the common arrangement;
=extraordinary=, out of the common arrangement; =disorder=, want of
arrangement; =orderly=, properly arranged.
=Pars= (=part=-is), a part.--=Part=; =particle=, a small part; =tripartite=,
divided into three parts; =partition=, that which divides into parts;
=partial=, relating to a part only; =apart=, parted from; =depart=, to
part from; =impart=, to give part to.
=Pell=-o (=puls=-um), I drive.--=Compel=, to drive together; =compulsion=,
the act of driving together; =dispel=, to drive asunder; =expel=, to
drive out; =expulsion=; =impel=, to drive forward (or into); =impulse=;
=propel=, to drive forward; =repel=, to drive back; =repulse=.
=Pend=-o (=pens=-um), I hang.--=Append=, to hang to; =appendage=, something
hung on to; =depend=, to hang down from; =dependant=, one who hangs
from another; =independent=, not hanging from another; =independence=,
the state of not hanging from another; =pendant=, that which hangs;
=suspend=, to hang under; =suspense=, state of hanging [under].
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