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‘to see,’ by transposition «/drac ; tmesis, ‘a 
‘to cut,’ by transposition and precession of vowel a/tme; emblem, 
‘something inlaid,’ from 4/bal, ‘to cast? or —_ 4 ie AED asubeie 
precession of vowel a/dle. 
3. The last consonant of the root sometimes ailppes or pcitmnndligage 
itself to the first consonant of the suffix ; as, crypt, ‘hidden,’ from 
a/cryb, ‘to hide,’ by accommodation a/cryp ; prolepsis, ‘ anticipation,” 
from a/lab, ‘to take,’ by precession of vowel and accommodation 
v/lep; apsis, ‘juncture,’ from a/aph, ‘to join,’ by accommodation 
‘ap; practical, ‘doing, from «/prag, *to do, by accommodation 
prac ; apoplectic, ‘striking down,’ from a/plag, ‘to strike,’ by pre- 
cession of vowel and accommodation a/plec ; hectic, ‘ habitual,’ from 
/hech, ‘to have,’ by accommodation 4/hec; dogma, ‘an opinion,’ 
from a/doc, ‘to seem,’ by accommodation a/dog ; paradigm, ‘an ex- 
resp from a/dic, ‘to show,’ by accommodation Jdig. — 
4, The last consonant of the root sometimes assimilates itself to the 
first letter of the suffix; as, comma, ‘a segment,’ from 4/cop, ‘to cuts’ 
lemma, ‘a received truth, from: wei to take,’ 8 saeneage of 
vowel a/leb. 
5. The last consonant ok the rob is sometimes var off before sp 
suffix by syncope; (1.) m; as, climate, ‘a country in reference to its 
geographical position,’ from a chy: ‘to lean; (2.) d; as, phrase, 
‘a speaking,’ from «/phrad, “to say ;? (3.) th; as, plastic, ‘ forming,’ 
from.a/plath, ‘to form,’ by dropping the final th and strengthening the 
vowel a/plas ; (4.) the digamma or u; as, pleiad, the name of a star, 
from »/pleu, * to sail,” by Sropping sip final u and then protracting ‘the 
vowel e, a/ plet 
6. The final eael the root is sometimes sideasd Wheelnaind before the 
suffix by'an epenthetic 8; as, caustic, « burning,’ from a/cau, ¢ to burn ; 
‘schism, ‘a division, from «/schid, ‘to divide,’ by dropping the final 
d and strengthening the —_ vate upasm, *a contraction,’ from 
a/spa, ‘to draws ot 
IL The following perio arise from internal infeotianss or change 
of vowel within the root itself. 
1. The: radical vowel a is. sometimes -séolianted by internal inflec- 
tion; as, system, ‘things standing together,’ from «/sia, ‘ to stand,’ by 
baker and a RNET: of vowel ste. So emblem from »/bal ; 
2. The fade? ‘eheok ais ‘somnettiner changed into o by internal in- 
flection ; as, ode, ‘a song,’ from v/aed, ‘to sing; tome, ‘a volume,’ 
from a/tam, ‘to cut; ; tone, ‘a note,’ from 4/tan, ‘to stretch ;’ para- 
bole, ‘a comparing,’ from 4/bal, ‘to cast’ or ‘lay.’ 
Ill. The following were originally emphatic processes for expressing 
with more force the idea of continued action. 
