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In my next Lecture I purpose commencing with words compounded of Latin verbs, with one or other of the prepositions which I have adverted to prefixed; after which I shall proceed to words derived from Latin nouns and adjectives.
In explaining, in the present Lecture, the meaning of the several Latin prepositions, used as prefixes in the composition of English words, and in illustrating their application and signification in composition, I have unavoidably anticipated, in some instances, the derivations of words derived from Latin verbs and nouns in connection with these prepositions; but I have purposely abstained from any particular explanation of such words, which I reserve for future Lectures,
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LECTURE II.
WORDS FORMED FROM LATIN VERBS.
The subject of this lecture is the derivation of words in the English language from Latin verbs, which however, will extend to several lectures.
These are usually formed from the present tense of the indicative mood, with a Latin preposition prefixed; and from the supine, or, as it will be more commonly understood, from the past participle of verbs, with a similar prefix. From the former combination, we usually have English verbs; and from the latter, nouns substantive. These are not the only ways in which verbs and nouns are taken from the Latin, and formed into English words; but, as I have remarked, they are the most common; and it is to such, that, in these lectures, I purpose chiefly to direct your attention.
It was with this end in view, that I enumerated, in my first lecture, the several prepositions from the Latin which have been employed as prefixes in the composition of English words, and explained
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