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loyed to do clerical work. _Ary_ is also a suffix of adjectives, meaning _relating to_; as in, arbitrary, contrary, culinary, exemplary, antiquary, hereditary, military, primary, revolutionary, solitary, secondary, visionary. _Ary_ also means _place where_; as in, granary, infirmary, library, seminary, sanctuary. #ate# = having. 1. _corpor_ ate, body 2. de _sper_ ate, hope 3. ef _femin_ ate, woman 4. _fortun_ ate, luck 5. in _anim_ ate, breath 6. _cord_ ate, heart 7. _cruci_ ate, cross 8. _cuspid_ ate, point 9. _dent_ ate, tooth 10. _glomer_ ate, ball 11. _labi_ ate, lip 12. _lun_ ate, moon 13. _pin_ (n) ate, feather 14. _serr_ ate, saw 15. _sagitt_ ate, arrow 16. _stell_ ate, star 1. _Corporate_ means _having_ a _body_. (See incorporate, second month, page 18.) 2. _Having_ no _hope_; as, "Continued misfortune had rendered him _desperate_." 3. _Effeminate._ _Having_ the qualities of a _woman_; soft, delicate, to an unmanly degree. Applied to men. 5. _Inanimate._ _Not having breath_; without life. 6. _Cordate._ _Having_ the shape of a _heart_; as a cordate leaf. #pel, puls# = drive. 1. _com_ pel, together 2. compuls _ion_, act of 3. _dis_ pel, apart 4. _ex_ pel, out 5. expuls _ion_, act of 6. _im_ pel, on 7. _im_ pulse, on 8. pulse 9. _pro_ pel, forward 10. _re_ pel, back 11. _re_ pulse, back 12. repuls _ive_, quality 1. To _compel_, literally means to _drive together_; as a herd (a Latinism and rare). To _drive_ or urge with force. 8. The _pulse_ is caused by _driving_ the blood through the arteries. 12. A person is _repulsive_ when he has _qualities_ which tend to _drive_ others _back_ or away. #pend, pens# = hang. 1. _ap_ pend, to 2. append _age_, that which 3. _de_ pend, from 4. depend _ent_, one who 5. depend _ence_, state or quality of 6. _in_ dependence, not 7. independ_ent_, one who 8. _im_ pend, over 9. pend _ant_, that which 10. pendulum 11. _per_ pendicular, through 12. _sus_ pend, under 13. suspend _ers_, that which 14. suspens _ion_, state of 1. _Append._ To _hang_ or attach _to_. 2. An _appendage_ is _that which hangs to_ something as a part of it. "This little pensive _appendage_ or tender (the moon) to our fuming engine of an earth."--_De Quincey._ 3. _Depend._ To _hang from_; to be fastened or attached to something above; to rely upon. 4. A _dependent_ is _one who hangs_ (figuratively), or relies on another for support. 8.
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