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Swinton, William, 1833-1892

"New Word-Analysis Or, School Etymology of English Derivative Words"


FIX: affix'; cru'cifix (Lat. n. _crux_, _cru'cis_, a cross); cru'cify;
fix'ture; post'fix; pre'fix; suf'fix (n., literally, something fixed below
or on; hence, appended); transfix', _to pierce through_.

76. FIN'GERE: fin'go, fic'tum, _to form, to feign_; Figu'ra, _a shape_.
FICT: fic'tion; ficti'tious.
FIGUR: fig'ure; figura'tion; configura'tion; disfig'ure; prefig'ure;
transfig'ure.
Feign (Fr. v. _feindre_, _feignant_, to pretend); feint (_feint_, past
part. of _feindre_); ef'figy (Lat. n. _effig'ies_, an image or likeness);
fig'ment (Lat. n. _figmen'tum_, an invention).
FINIS. (See page 40).

77. FIR'MUS, _strong, stable_.
FIRM: firm; firm'ness; infirm' (-ary, -ity); fir'mament, originally, _firm
foundation_; affirm' (-ation, -ative); confirm' (-ation, -ative).

78. FLAM'MA, _a stream of fire_.
FLAM: flame; inflame' (-able, -ation, -atory).
Flambeau' (Fr. n. _flambeau_ from v. _flamber_, to blaze); flamin'go (Span.
n. _flamenco_), _a bird of a flaming red color_.
EXERCISE.
Age does not always _exempt_ one from _faults_. _Peremptory _orders were
given that all the princes should be _present_ at the _diet_. Many
_beneficial_ results must come from the _introduction_ of drawing into the
public schools. The lady is _affable_ and _perfectly_ free from
_affectation_. The field is _fertile_ and _produces_ abundant crops. The
_professor's_ lecture _related_ to _edentate_ animals. Men sometimes
_feign_ a _fealty_ they do not feel.


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