1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading Part 14

77. _What does Ve signify?_ No or not, as vehement.

78. _What does Vice signify?_ Instead of, as Vice-President.

79. _What does With signify?_ Against or back, as withstand, withdraw.

80. _What other signification has With in some words?_ Near, as within; together, as withal, etc.

81. _What suffixes signify "able to be"?_ Able, ible, and ile, as curable, audible, and visible.

82. _What suffixes signify rank, or office?_ Acy, ate, ric; dom, and ship, as in curacy, pontificate, bishopric, kingdom, and clerkship.

83. _What is the signification of Age?_ Act of, as marriage, pa.s.sage, etc.

84. _Has the suffix Age any other signification?_ From the Latin ago, it means collection.

85. _What does An signify?_ One who, or the person who acts, as equestrian, pedestrian, etc.

86. _What does Ana signify?_ A collection of memorable sayings, as Franklinana--the sayings of Franklin.

87. _What does Ant signify?_ Being, and has the force of ing, as dominant, verdant, etc.

88. _What is the signification of the suffix Art?_ One who, as braggart.

89. _What does Ary signify?_ Place where, or place which, as library, aviary, etc.

90. _What does Ate signify?_ Full of, or abundance, as desolate, pa.s.sionate, etc.

91. _What is the signification of Celli?_ Little, as vermicelli, etc.

92. _What other suffixes also signify Little?_ Cle, cule, el, en, kin, let, ot, ling, ock, and ie.

93. _What does Ene signify?_ Belonging to, as terrene, etc.

94. _What is the signification of Eous?_ Full of, as beauteous, etc.

95. _What does Ed signify?_ When added to a verb it signifies did, as played; but to a participle, was, as completed.

96. _What is the signification of Er?_ More or often, as brighter, glimmer, etc.

97. _What does Erly signify?_ Direction of, as northerly.

98. _What does Es signify?_ More than one, as foxes, etc.

99. _What does Escent signify?_ Growing or becoming, as convalescent.

100. _What does Esque signify?_ Belonging to, or like, as picturesque, etc.

101. _What does Ess signify?_ Feminine when added to nouns, as tigress.

102. _What does Est signify?_ Greatest or least, as largest, smallest, etc.

103. _What does Head signify?_ State or nature, as G.o.dhead.

104. _What does Ics signify?_ Things relating to, as optics, etc.

105. _What does Ides signify?_ Resemblance, as alkaloides, etc.

106. _What is the signification of Im?_ More than one, as cherubim.

107. _What does Ina signify?_ Feminine, as Czarina.

108. _What does Ing signify?_ Continuing, as singing, etc.

109. _What is the signification of Ior?_ More, as superior.

110. _What does Ique signify?_ Belonging to, as antique.

111. _What is the signification of Ish?_ Like, as boyish, girlish, etc.

112. _What does Isk signify?_ Little, as asterisk, etc.

113. _What does Ite signify?_ That which, as appet.i.te.

114. _What does Ive signify?_ Able to do, as adhesive, etc.

115. _What does Ion signify?_ State or act, as location.

116. _What does Ism signify?_ Doctrine, as Calvinism, etc.

117. _What does Ix signify?_ Feminine of nouns, as testatrix.

118. _What does Kin signify?_ A son of, or little, as lambkin.

119. _What does Kind signify?_ Race, as mankind.

120. _What does Less signify?_ Without, as guiltless, breathless, etc.

121. _What does Ling signify?_ Young, as duckling, etc.

122. _What does Ly signify?_ Like, or in a manner, as manly, calmly, etc.

123. _What does Most signify?_ Greatest or furthest, as hindmost.

124. _What does Ment signify?_ State or act, as settlement, judgment, etc.

125. _What does Ness signify?_ The quality of, or state of, as whiteness, etc.

126. _What does Ock signify?_ Small or young, as hillock, bullock, etc.