=Sit=-an, to sit.--=Sit=; =set=, to make to sit; =beset=, to set about; =onset=, a setting on; =overset=, to turn over; =upset=; =setter=, a kind of dog; =settle=, a kind of seat; =settle=, to set or fix; =settler=; =settlement=; =seat=, the place where one sits. =Treow=-an, believe.--=Trow=, to believe; =true=, what should be believed; =truth=; =truthful=; =truthfully=; =truism=; =trust=; =intrust=; =trustee=; =trusty=; =trustworthy=; =troth=. =Wac=-an, to wake.--=Wake=; =awake=; =awaken=; =wakeful=; =wakefulness=; =watch=; =watchful=; =watchfulness=. CHAPTER VI. =Prefixes and Suffixes.= _PREFIXES._ 1. =ENGLISH (OR TEUTONIC).= =A= (a broken-down form of the A.S. preposition _on_), at, to, on, in, etc.; astern, abed, aboard, afield, afoot, ashore, alive, aweary. =After=; afternoon, afterthought, aftermath, aftercrop. =At=; atone (to bring together into one); ado (= at-do); twit (= at-wit). =Be=, used both with nouns and with verbs--behalf, behoof, behest, bequest; betake, begin, become, bespatter, bedim, besprinkle, behead. =Down=; downfall, downstroke, downcast. =For=, not; forbid, forsake (not to seek), forget, forgo (wrongly spelled forego); or utterly; as, forlorn, fordone. =Fore=, before; foretell, forefather, foresee, forebode, forecast, forenoon. =Gain=, against; gainsay, gainstay (gainstand). =In=, =im=, =en=, =em=; income, inlet, insight, inlay, inborn, inbred, into, ingraft, inlay, infold, imbed, endear, enthral, engrave, embower. =Mis=, wrong; mislead, mistrust, misdeed, mishap, mistake. =Mid=, in the middle of; midmost, midnight, midsummer, midday. =Off=, from; offshoot, offset, offspring, offal (= off-fall), offhand. =Out=; outset, outstrip, outvie, outrun, outdo. =Over=; overwise, overfed, overmuch, overcoat, overhand, overseer, oversight. =Through=, =thorough=; thoroughfare, throughout, thoroughbred, thoroughgoing. =To=, this; to-day, to-night, to-morrow. =Un=, (1) not; unclean, unwise, untrue, unbelief, unrest: or (2) back; undo, untie, unlock, unfold, unbind, unloose. =Under=; undergrowth, underbred, underhand, undersell, underwood. =Up=; uproar, upland, upstart, upset, upbear, upbraid, upright. =Wel=, =well=; welfare, welcome, well-born, well-bred, well-trained. =With=, against; withstand, withdraw (drawing-room = withdrawing-room), withhold. 2. =LATIN.= =Ab= (=a=, =abs=), from or away; averse, avert, aversion, abdicate, abstract, abstain, abjure, abate, abound, abuse, abduction.
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