157. PA"TI: pa"tior, pas"sus, _to bear, to suffer_.
PATI: pa"tient; pa"tience; impa"tient; compat"ible, _consistent with_; compat"ibility; incompat"ible.
Pa.s.s: pas"sion, _strong agitation of the mind_; pas"sive; impas"sive, _insensible_; compas"sion, _sympathy_; compas"sionate.
158. PEL"LERE; pel"lo, pul"sum, _to drive_.
PEL (com-, dis-, ex-, im-, pro-, re-).
PULS: pulse, _the beating of an artery as blood is driven through it_; pul"sate; pulsa"tion; compul"sion; compul"sory; expul"sion; propul"sion; repulse"; repul"sive.
159. PENDE"RE; pen"deo, pen"sum, _to hang_.
PEND: pen"dant, _a long, narrow flag_; pend"ing, _not decided, during_; append"; append"age; depend" (-ant, -ent, -ence); independ"ent; independ"ence; suspend".
PENS: pen"sile, _hanging_; suspense"(-ion).
Pen"dulous (Lat. adj. _pen"dulus_, hanging); pen"dulum (Lat. adj.
_pen"dulus)_; appen"dix (Lat. n. _appen"dix_, an addition).
160. PEN"DERE: pen"do, pen"sum, _to weigh, to pay_.
PEND: com"pend (contraction of compendium); compen"dium (Lat. n.
_compen"dium_, that which is weighed, saved, shortened); compen"dious (Lat. adj. _compendio"sus_, brief, succinct); expend"; expen"diture; sti"pend (Lat. n. _stipen"dium_, literally, the pay of soldiers); stipendiary.
PENS: pen"sive, _thoughtful_; pen"sion, _an allowance for past services_ (-eer); com"pensate (-ion); dispense", _to deal out_ (-ary); dispensa"tion; indispen"sable; expense" (-ive); rec"ompense.
PES. (See page 47.)
161. PET"ERE: pe"to, peti"tum, _to attack, to seek_.
PET: centrip"etal (Lat. n. _cen"trum_, center); compete"; com"petent, _fit, suitable_; com"petence, _sufficiency_; incom"petent.
PEt.i.t: peti"tion, _a request_ (-er); compet"itor; compet"itive; repeti"tion.
Pet"ulant (Fr. adj. _petulant_, fretful); ap"pet.i.te (Fr. n. _appet.i.t_), _a seeking for hunger_; impet"uous (Lat. adj. _impetuo"sus_, vehement); impetuos"ity; im"petus (Lat. n. _im"petus_, a shock); repeat" (Fr. v.
_repeter_ = Lat. _repet"ere_).
EXERCISE
_Numerous objections_ were _submitted_ against the _innovations_ about to be _introduced_. The _obnoxious_ articles have been _removed_. The _nominee_ by his _ludicrous_ speech _neutralized_ all that his friends did for him. _Part_ of the _apparatus prepared_ for the _occasion_ was damaged in _transmission_. The _patronage_ of the _n.o.bility_ and _gentry connected_ with the neighborhood was asked. Many _parts_ of the _edifice_ are highly _ornate_. Christ had _compa.s.sion_ on the _mult.i.tude_, for they had been a long time without food. The _pet.i.tioner"s application_ for a _pension_ was not _repeated_. How can an _acid_ be _neutralized_? The _renegade_ was brought to _ignominy_. The _prince_ was travelling _incognito_. The young lady seems _pensive_ rather than _petulant_. Here is a new _edition_ of the _novel_, with _annotations_ by the _author_. The _opera_ seems to be well _patronized_ this winter. Webster had a _compendious mode_ of stating great truths. What is meant by _centripetal motion_? What is the _difference_ between the _numerator_ and the _denominator_?
162. PLEC"TERE: plec"to, plex"um, _to twist_; PLICA"RE: pli"co, plica"tum, _and_ plic"itum, _to fold_.
PLEX: com"plex (literally, twisted together); complex"ion; complex"ity; perplex" (literally, to twist thoroughly--_per_: hence, to puzzle or embarra.s.s); perplex"ity.
PLIC: ap"plicable (-ity); ap"plicant; ex"plicable.
PLICAT: applica"tion; com"plicate (-ion); du"plicate; im"plicate (-ion); replica"tion, _an answer in law_; sup"plicate, _to entreat earnestly_; supplica"tion.
PLICIT: explic"it (literally, out-folded; hence, distinctly stated); implic"it, _implied_.
Ply (Fr. v. _plier_ = Lat. _plica"re_), _to work diligently_; pli"able, _easily bent_; pli"ant; pli"ancy; accom"plice, _an a.s.sociate in crime_; apply" (Old Fr. _applier_ = Lat. _applica"re_); appli"ance, _the thing applied_; comply" (Fr. v. _plier_), _to fold with_: hence, _to conform or a.s.sent_; compli"ance; display" (Old Fr. v. _desployer_, to unfold); doub"le (Fr. adj. _double_ = Lat. _du"plex_, twofold); du"plex; duplic"ity (Lat. n.
_duplic"itas_, from _du"plex_, double); employ" (Fr. v. _employer_ = Lat.
_implica"re_), _to keep at work_; employe; employ"er; employ"ment; exploit"
(Fr. n. _exploit_ = Lat. _explic"itum_, literally, something unfolded, set forth: hence, a deed, an achievement); imply", literally, _to infold_: hence _to involve_, _to signify_; mul"tiply (Fr. v. _multiplier_ = Lat.
_mul"tus_ much, many); quad"ruple (Lat. _qua"tuor_, four); reply" (Old Fr.
v. _replier_ = Lat. _replica"re_, to answer); sim"ple (Lat. _simplex_, gen.
_simplicis_), _not compounded_, _artless_; sim"pleton (compare It.
_simplicione_, a silly person); simplic"ity (Lat. n. _simplic"itas_); sim"plify; sup"ple (Fr. adj. _souple_ = Lat. _sup"plex_, bending the knee, from _sub_ and _plica"re_); sup"pliant (literally, bending the knees under, kneeling down); treb"le (Old Fr. adj. _treble_ = Lat. _tri"plex_, threefold); trip"le (Lat. _tri"plex_); trip"let, _three lines rhyming alternately_.
163. PON"ERE: po"no, pos"itum, _to place_.
PON: compo"nent, _forming a compound_; depone", _to bear testimony_; depo"nent; oppo"nent; postpone" (-ment).
POSIT: posi"tion; pos"itive; pos"itivism, _a system of philosophy_; pos"itivist, _a believer in the positive philosophy_; ap"posite, _adapted to_; compos"ite, _compound_; composi"tion; compos"itor; decomposi"tion; depos"it (-ary, -ion, -ory); deposi"tion, _the giving testimony under oath_; exposi"tion; expos"itor; imposi"tion; interposi"tion; juxtaposi"tion; op"posite (-ion); preposi"tion; proposi"tion; supposi"tion; suppositi"tious; transposi"tion.
Pose (Fr. v. _poser_ = Lat. _pon"ere_), _to bring to a stand by questions_; post; post"age; post"ure (Fr. n. _posture_ = Lat. _positu"ra_, position); compose" (Fr. v. _composer_ = Lat. _compon"ere_); compos"ure; com"pound (Lat. v. _compon"ere_); com"post, _a mixture_, _a manure_; depot" (Fr. n.
_depot_ = Lat. _depos"itum_); dispose" (Fr. v. _disposer_); dispo"sal; expose" (Fr. v. _exposer_); expos"ure; impose" (Fr. v. _imposer_); im"post, _a tax placed on imported goods_; impos"tor, _one guilty of fraud_; impost"ure; interpose"; oppose"; propose"; prov"ost (Old Fr. _provost_, from Lat _praepos"itus_, placed before, a chief), _the princ.i.p.al of a college_; pur"pose (Old Fr. n. _purpos_, _propos_ = Lat. _propos"itum_), _an end set before one_; repose" (Fr. v. _reposer_); suppose" (Fr. v.
_supposer_); transpose" (Fr. v. _transposer_).
164. PORTA"RE: por"to, porta"tum, _to carry_.
PORT: port"able; por"ter (-age); deport"ment; export" (-ation, -er); im"port (-ance, -ant, -er); pur"port, _design_; report" (-er); support"; insupport"able; transport" (-ation).
Portfo"lio (Lat. n. _fo"lium_, a leaf); portman"teau (Fr. n. _manteau_, a cloak); importune" (Lat. adj. _importu"nus_, unseasonable); import"unate; importu"nity; op"portune (Lat. adj. _opportu"nus_, literally, at or before the port or harbor: hence, seasonable); opportu"nity; inop"portune.
165. POS"SE, _to be able_; Po"tens, poten"tis, _powerful, mighty_.
POSSE: pos"sible (Lat. adj. _possib"ilis_); possibil"ity; impos"sible.
POTENT: po"tent; po"tency; po"tentate; poten"tial; im"potent; omnip"otent (Lat. adj. _om"nis_, all); plenipoten"tiary (Lat. adj. _ple"nus_, full).
166. PREHEN"DERE: prohen"do, prehen"sum, _to lay hold of, to seize_.
PREHEND: apprehend"; comprehend"; reprehend".
PREHENS: prehen"sile; apprehen"sion; apprehen"sive; comprehen"sible; comprehen"sion; comprehen"sive; reprehen"sible.