The Constructive Etymological Spelling-Book (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ... been proved" a. Pro"-ba-ble, thatmayprovetrue n. Pro-ba-bil'-i-ty, likelihood n. Im-pro"-bi-ty, dishonesty n. Ap-pro"-val, sanction n. Ap-pro-ba'-tion, the act of approving n. Ex-pur-ga'-tion, the aci of cleansing n. Pur'-ga-to-ry, a place for purifying 301. Pu'-rus, (L.) clean, a. Pure, clean, spotless ad. Pure'-ly, solely, without mixture n. Pu-ri-fi-ca'-tion,2 a making pure Pus, Pu'-ris, (L.) the cor-rupt humour of sores. n. Pus, the humour of a sore n. Pus'-tule, a pimple, a blister v. Sup'-pu-rate, to become a sore 302. Pu'-sil-lijs, (L.) weak, small. a. Pu-sil-lan'-im-ous, u cowardly 303. Pir'-to, Pu-ta'-tum, (L.) to reckon, to lop. v. Com-pute', to reckon v. Count.t to enumerate n. Ac-count', a statement a. Ac-count'-a-ble, liable n. Dis'-count, allowance for pay-ing ready money v. Dis-pute', to contend by words Ti. Im-pu-ta'-tion, blame a. In-dis'-pu-ta-ble, certain a. Pu'-ta-tive, I, part. Re-pu'-ted, J n. Re-pute', character racter a. Re"-pu-ta-ble, of good cha-It is believed by the Romish Church that, beside Heaven and Hell, there is a third place, Purgatory, where the souls of such as have not committed deadly sin remain until they sue purified, by punishment, from whatever sins of a lighter character may have been unrepented of at the moment of death t Lat. Compuiare; Ital. Contare; Fr Compter (Pron. Cong'-tay). a. Quad-ran'-gu-lar,10 four cornered n. Quad'-ra-ture, squareness a. Quad-ra"-tic, containing a square quantity n. Quad'-rant, a quarter of a circle n. Quad-rille', (Fr.) a dance for four n. Quad-ru-ma'-na,19: four handed animals n. Qnar'-ter, the fourth part n. Quart, the fourth of a gallon a. Quar'-ter-ly, occurring every three months Pyrites is the form in which iron and copper ore are most frequently fo...