5. CONFINE': con + fine; literally, to bring within limits or bounds:
hence, to restrain.
6. AFFIN'ITY: af (a form of prefix _ad_) + fin + ity = close agreement.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What is meant by saying that "the human faculties are _finite_"?
(2.) What is the opposite of "finite"?--Give a synonym. _Ans.
Limited._--What participial adjective is formed from the verb to
"finish"?--What is meant by a "_finished_ gentleman"?
(3.) Give a synonym of "infinity." _Ans. Boundlessness._--"The microscope
reveals the fact that each drop of water contains an _infinity_ of
animalculae." What is the sense of _infinity_ as used in this sentence?
(4.) Combine define + ite; in + define + ite.--Analyze the word
"definition."--Compose a sentence containing the word "define."
(5.) Combine and define confine + ment.--What other part of speech than a
verb is "confine"? _Ans._ A noun.--Write a sentence containing the word
"confines."
(6.) Find in the dictionary the meaning of "chemical _affinity_."
18. FLU'ERE: flu'o, flux'um, _to flow_.
Radicals: FLU- and FLUX-.
1. FLUX: from flux_um_ = a flowing.
2. FLU'ENT: flu + ent = having the quality of flowing. Used in reference to
language it means _flowing_ speech: hence, voluble.
3. FLU'ID, _n._: flu + id = Flow_ing_: hence, anything that flows.
4. FLU'ENCY: flu + ency = state of flowing (in reference to language).
5. AF'FLUENCE: af (form of _ad_) + flu + ence = a flowing _to_: hence, an
abundant supply, as of thought, words, money, etc.
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