_Impend._ To _hang over_, be ready to fall; threaten. "We seriously
consider the dreadful judgments that now _impend_ the nation."--_Penn._

9. A _pendant_ is _that which hangs_ from something else; as, an
earring or a tassel.

10. The _pendulum_ of a clock _hangs_ and swings to and fro.

11. A plumb line is a line _perpendicular_ to the horizon, _hanging_
(_through_ the air).

12. _Suspend._ To _hang under_ or from beneath.

13. _Suspenders_ are _that_ from _which_ trousers are _hung_.

#ped (pod)# = foot.

1. _anti_ podes, against
2. _bi_ ped, two
3. _centi_ ped, hundred
4. _ex_ pedite, out
5. expedi _ent_, that which
6. _im_ pede, in
7. impedi _ment_, that which
8. ped _al_, pertaining to
9. peddl _er_, one who
10. pede _stal_, stand
11. pedestr _ian_, one who
12. pedun _cle_, little
13. _quadru_ ped, four
14. _tri_ pod, three
15. _octo_ pus, eight
16. pedi _gree_, crane

1. See fourth month, page 25.

2. _Biped._ A _two-footed_ animal, as man.

3. _Centiped._ An animal so called from having a great many _feet_
(indefinitely a _hundred_).

4. _Expedite._ Literally, to take the _feet out_ of entanglement;
hence, to hasten.

6. _Impede._ Literally, to entangle the _feet_. To obstruct the
progress, motion, or effect of.

8. _The pedal_ is something made to be moved by the _feet_.

9. A _peddler_, literally, is a trader _who_ travels on _foot_.

10. _Pedestal._ That which forms the base (_standing_ place for the
_feet_) of a statue, column, vase, etc.

12. A _peduncle_ is a (_little_) _foot_stalk of a flower or leaf.

15. An _octopus_ is an _eight-footed_ or armed cuttlefish.

16. _Pedigree_ means, literally, _crane's foot_. Why so called is
uncertain, but supposed to be on account of a fancied resemblance of
the lines of a pedigree, as drawn out on paper, to a crane's foot.
(Compare _crow's foot_, applied to the lines of age about the eyes.)

#pon, pos# = place, put.

1. _ap_ position, to
2. _com_ pose, together
3. compos _ite_, being
4. composit _ion_, act of
5. compon _ent_, that which
6. _com_ pound, together
7. _de_ pose, down
8. _de_ posit, down (away)
9. deposit _ory_, place where
10. _dis_ pose, apart
11. _ex_ pose, out
12. _im_ pose, upon
13. _inter_ pose, between
14. _im_ post, upon
15. im post _or_, one who
16. _op_ pose, (ob.) against
17. oppos _ite_, being
18. posit _ion_, state of being
19. _pro_ pose, before
20. _trans_ pose, across

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