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77. _What does Ve signify?_ No or not, as vehement.
78. _What does Vice signify?_ Instead of, as Vice-President.
79. _What does With signify?_ Against or back, as withstand, withdraw.
80. _What other signification has With in some words?_ Near, as within; together, as withal, etc.
81. _What suffixes signify "able to be"?_ Able, ible, and ile, as curable, audible, and visible.
82. _What suffixes signify rank, or office?_ Acy, ate, ric; dom, and s.h.i.+p, as in curacy, pontificate, bishopric, kingdom, and clerks.h.i.+p.
83. _What is the signification of Age?_ Act of, as marriage, pa.s.sage, etc.
84. _Has the suffix Age any other signification?_ From the Latin ago, it means collection.
85. _What does An signify?_ One who, or the person who acts, as equestrian, pedestrian, etc.
86. _What does Ana signify?_ A collection of memorable sayings, as Franklinana--the sayings of Franklin.
87. _What does Ant signify?_ Being, and has the force of ing, as dominant, verdant, etc.
88. _What is the signification of the suffix Art?_ One who, as braggart.
89. _What does Ary signify?_ Place where, or place which, as library, aviary, etc.
90. _What does Ate signify?_ Full of, or abundance, as desolate, pa.s.sionate, etc.
91. _What is the signification of Celli?_ Little, as vermicelli, etc.
92. _What other suffixes also signify Little?_ Cle, cule, el, en, kin, let, ot, ling, ock, and ie.
93. _What does Ene signify?_ Belonging to, as terrene, etc.
94. _What is the signification of Eous?_ Full of, as beauteous, etc.
95. _What does Ed signify?_ When added to a verb it signifies did, as played; but to a participle, was, as completed.
96. _What is the signification of Er?_ More or often, as brighter, glimmer, etc.
97. _What does Erly signify?_ Direction of, as northerly.
98. _What does Es signify?_ More than one, as foxes, etc.
99. _What does Escent signify?_ Growing or becoming, as convalescent.
100. _What does Esque signify?_ Belonging to, or like, as picturesque, etc.
101. _What does Ess signify?_ Feminine when added to nouns, as tigress.
102. _What does Est signify?_ Greatest or least, as largest, smallest, etc.
103. _What does Head signify?_ State or nature, as G.o.dhead.
104. _What does Ics signify?_ Things relating to, as optics, etc.
105. _What does Ides signify?_ Resemblance, as alkaloides, etc.
106. _What is the signification of Im?_ More than one, as cherubim.
107. _What does Ina signify?_ Feminine, as Czarina.
108. _What does Ing signify?_ Continuing, as singing, etc.
109. _What is the signification of Ior?_ More, as superior.
110. _What does Ique signify?_ Belonging to, as antique.
111. _What is the signification of Ish?_ Like, as boyish, girlish, etc.
112. _What does Isk signify?_ Little, as asterisk, etc.
113. _What does Ite signify?_ That which, as appet.i.te.
114. _What does Ive signify?_ Able to do, as adhesive, etc.
115. _What does Ion signify?_ State or act, as location.
116. _What does Ism signify?_ Doctrine, as Calvinism, etc.
117. _What does Ix signify?_ Feminine of nouns, as testatrix.
118. _What does Kin signify?_ A son of, or little, as lambkin.
119. _What does Kind signify?_ Race, as mankind.
120. _What does Less signify?_ Without, as guiltless, breathless, etc.
121. _What does Ling signify?_ Young, as duckling, etc.
122. _What does Ly signify?_ Like, or in a manner, as manly, calmly, etc.
123. _What does Most signify?_ Greatest or furthest, as hindmost.
124. _What does Ment signify?_ State or act, as settlement, judgment, etc.
125. _What does Ness signify?_ The quality of, or state of, as whiteness, etc.
126. _What does Ock signify?_ Small or young, as hillock, bullock, etc.
