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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1828 Excerpt: ...etymon of the word. This diversity and indifference about the form of inflexion, have caused much embarrassment to learn breviations of phrases or sentences, o r corruptions of words that were once io use, and many of which it is likely are still used by persons who write and speak the language nearly in its original state. Had the learned and ingenious Home Tooke understood our language, he would have found in it an extensive field for his curious speculations. For example, the last word, act, which is marked as a conjunction, is also a noun, signifying condition, exception, &c. The conjunction copulative agity-, and, is a noun signifying addition, or increase, the diminutive of which is aujp.i, an addendum or appendix. 1 he preposition a, out of, is derived from ux, a descendant, an emanation, and fOf, rest. The preposition 6 or uab, from, means son, descendant or emanation;--the preposition aj, at, is a noun, meaning rest, leisure, &c. and so of the other particles, all of which could be traced, in a work of this nature, to their primitive states and meanings. 12 2 8 8 tftfUijj. a'thri or a'hir-rig. v. at second person singular Imp. mood of at/trym, first person Indicative bo xe;tuj jeX, Jirst person, past tense; bo xCfiuyab, Infin. aCfiujab, pres. part. xt/tu;jce past participle, from ac, a reiterative particle, like re in English, and C/to;j, a foot, as it were, re-pace, or perhaps from xc and co/tftujje, motion. Affinities. 1. Joricojj, xjrft;j. 2. tpijx, nwta/ieujj claoclojb.--muto, altero, converto, emuto; transfero, permuto, infcecto, amoveo, relinquo.--I change, turn, alter, vary, abandon, remove, inflect, translate, 1. (Authorities.) The foregoing Model is submitted, with every deference for any suggestion which may be offered for i...
