New Word-Analysis. William Swinton

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extra-	= beyond	extra-ordinary	beyond ordinary.
in- il- im- ir- en-, em-	(in nouns and verbs) = in, into, on	in-clude il-luminate im-port ir-rigate en-force	to shut in. to throw light on. to carry in. to pour water on. to force on.

      NOTE.—The forms il-, im-, and ir- are euphonic variations of in-. The forms en- and em- are of French origin.

in- i(n) il- im- ir-	(in adjectives and nouns.) = not	in-sane i-gnoble il-legal im-mature ir-regular	not sane. not noble. not legal. not mature. not regular.
inter- intel-	= between or among	inter-cede intel-ligent	to go between. choosing between.
intra-	= inside of	intra-mural	inside of the walls.
intro-	= within, into	intro-duce	to lead into
juxta-	= near	juxta-position	a placing near
non-	= not	non-combatant	not fighting.

      NOTE.—A hyphen is generally, though not always, placed between non- and the root.

ob- o- oc- of- op-	in the way, = against, or out	ob-ject o-mit oc-cur of-fend op-pose	to throw against. to leave out. to run against; hence, to happen. to strike against. to put one's self against.
per- pel-	= through, thoroughly	per-vade; per-fect pel-lucid	to pass through; thoroughly made. thoroughly clear.

      NOTE.—Standing alone, per- signifies by: as, per annum, by the year.

post-	= after, behind	post-script	written after.
pre-	= before	pre-cede	to go before.
preter-	= beyond	preter-natural	beyond nature.
pro	for, = forth, or forward	pro-noun pro-pose	for a noun. to put forth.

      NOTE.—In a few instances pro- is changed into pur-, as purpose; into por-, as portray; and into pol-, as pollute.

re- red-	= back or anew	re-pel red-eem	to drive back. to buy back.
retro-	= backwards	retro-grade	going backwards.
se-	= aside, apart	se-cede	to go apart.
sine-	= without	sine-cure	without care.
sub- suc- suf- sug- sum- sup- sus-	= under or after	sub-scribe suc-ceed suf-fer sug-gest sum-mon sup-port sus-tain	to write under. to follow after. to undergo. to bring to mind from under. to hint from under. to bear by being under. to under-hold.

      NOTE.—The euphonic variations suc-, suf-, sug-, sum-, sup-, result from assimilating the b of sub- to the initial letter of the root. In "sustain" sus- is a contraction of subs- for sub-.

subter-	= under or beneath	subter-fuge	a flying under.
super-	= above or over	super-natural super-vise	above nature. to over-see.

      NOTE.—In derivatives through the French, super- takes the form sur-, as sur-vey, to look over.

trans- tra-	through, = over, or beyond	trans-gress tra-verse	to step beyond. to pass over.
ultra-	= beyond, or extremely	ultra-montane ultra-conservative	beyond the mountain (the Alps). extremely conservative.

II.—LATIN SUFFIXES.