In this dire season, oft the whirlwind's wing Tipped with a wreath high-curling in the sky. un-i-ver'-sal, entire; whole. de-spair' neigh'-bour-ing em-broil'-ing, becoming troubled. as-kance', sidewise. la'-bour-er-ox, the ox which is used tim'-or-ous, afraid. in farm-work. win'-now-ing store, the corn which is being thrashed and winnowed in the farm-yard. be-set', pressed. whelm, overturn, pour out. LIST OF THE MORE COMMON PREFIXES AND AFFIXES. PREFIXES. A PREFIX is a word, syllable, or letter put at the beginning of another word. SAXON OR ENGLISH PREFIXES. A, in, on, as abed, in bed; afoot, on foot. Be, before, as bespeak, to speak beforehand. Be, to take away, as behead, to take the head from. En, in, into, on, to make, as encase, to put in or into a case; enthrone, to place on a throne; enlarge, to make large. For, from, away, as forbid, to bid away. Fore, before, as foresee, to see beforehand. Mis, amiss, ill, wrong, as misbehave, to behave ill. Out, beyond, as outrun, to run beyond. Over, over, above, beyond, as overhead, over or above the head charge, to charge beyond what is right. ; over Un, not, reversing or undoing, as unhappy, not happy; undress, to reverse the act of dressing. Under, under, below, as underlie, to lie under or below. With, against, back, as withstand, to stand against; withdraw, to draw Pre, before, as precede, to go before. Preter, beyond, as preternatural, beyond what is natural. Pro, for, forth, forward as pronoun, a word used for a noun; provoke, to call forth; propel, to drive forward. PUR, as purvey, to look for. Re, back, again as retract, to draw back; rebuild, to build again. Retro, backwards, as retrospect, a looking backwards. Se, aside, as seduce, to lead aside. Sine, without, as sinecure, without |