Excerpt from An Analysis of Derivative Words in the English Language: Or a Key to Their Precise Analytic Definitions, by Prefixes and Suffixes This revised edition is now submitted to the public, with what are believed to be valuable improvements. The work has now been in use in its printed form fifteen years; and during that period, experience has suggested the improvements carried out in this revision. The most important of these, consists in a simplification, better adapted to the capacities of children. To accomplish this object, it became necessary to re-write and re-arrange the whole. The same words, however, are retained in the body of the work which are found in the former editions. The examples accompanying the prefixes and suffixes, are so multiplied as to give a more enlarged comprehension of the manner of defining. The characters showing derivative combinations are mostly changed, and, it is thought, much for the better. The prefixes and suffixes, with their significant characters, are so arranged as to preclude the possibility of mistakes in derivative forma tions, unless by inexcusable carelessness on the part of pupils, or inattention to the rules and directions given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.