=Tend=-o (=tent=-um or =tens=-um), I stretch.--=Distend=, to stretch asunder; =extend=, to stretch out; =extent=, the amount a thing stretches; =tense=, stretched; =tent=, something which is stretched. =Ten=-eo (=tent=-um), I hold.--=Tenant=, one who holds (a house or land); =tenacious=, holding much or firmly; =contain=, to hold together; =detain=, to hold down, hence to hinder; =retain=, to hold back; =retentive=, holding back or keeping. =Trah=-o (=tract=-um), I draw.--=Attract=, to draw to; =contract=, to draw together; =traction=, the act of drawing; =subtract=, to draw from under, hence to take away; =subtrahend=, that which has to be taken away; =contraction=, a drawing together. =Ut=-or (=us=-us), I use.--=Use=; =abuse=, to use away from its proper purpose; =peruse=, to use thoroughly, hence to read through; =usury=, money paid for the use of money; =utensil=, something to be used; =utility=, usefulness. =Veh=-o (=vect=-um), I carry.--=Vehicle=, that in which goods are carried; =convey=, to carry together; =conveyance=, that in which goods are carried together. =Ven=-io (=vent=-um), I come.--=Convene=, _originally_ to come together, _afterwards_ to summon; =convention=; =advent=, a coming to; =intervene=, to come in between; =contravene=, to come against, hence to oppose; =circumvent=, to come round; =intervention=, the act of coming in between. =Vert=-o (=vers=-um), I turn.--=Convert=, to turn together; =conversion=, the act of turning together; =advert=, to turn towards; =divorce=, to turn asunder; =invert=, to turn into; =inversion=, the act of turning into; =reverse=, to turn back; =verse=, a kind of composition in which the writer _turns back_ from the end of the line. =Vid=-eo (=vis=-um), I see.--=Visitor=, one who sees; =vision=, what is seen; =visual=, pertaining to seeing; =visible=, what may be seen; =provide=, to see before; =providence=, a seeing beforehand; =prudence= (Fr.), another form of _providence_. =Voc=-o (=vocat=-um), I call.--=Convoke=, to call together; =convocation=, a meeting which has been called together; =revoke=, to call back; =vocal=, calling--that is, having a voice; =voice=, that by which one calls; =vociferate=. =Volv=-o (=volut=-um), I roll.--=Convolution=, a rolling together; =revolve=, to roll round; =involve=, to roll into. 11. =THE BRANCHING OF WORDS FROM ENGLISH STEMS.= =Bac=-an, to bake.--=Bake=; =baker=; =baxter= (bakester), a woman who bakes; =batch=, what is baked. =Beat=-an, to strike.--=Bat=, an instrument to strike a ball with; =beetle=, an instrument to beat clothes with.