Part 3 (1/2)

op- op-pose to put one's self _against_.

PER- = _through_, per-vade; to pa.s.s _through_; pel- _thoroughly_ per-fect _thoroughly_ made.

pel-lucid _thoroughly_ clear.

NOTE.--Standing alone, PER- signifies _by_: as, _per annum_, _by_ the year.

POST- = _after_, post-script written _after_.

_behind_

PRE- = _before_ pre-cede to go _before_.

PRETER- = _beyond_ preter-natural _beyond_ nature.

PRO _for_, pro-noun _for_ a noun.

= _forth_, or pro-pose to put _forth_.

_forward_

NOTE.--In a few instances PRO- is changed into PUR-, as _pur_pose; into POR-, as _por_tray; and into POL-, as _pol_lute.

RE- = _back_ or re-pel to drive _back_.

red- _anew_ red-eem to buy _back_.

RETRO- = _backwards_ retro-grade going _backwards_.

SE- = _aside_, se-cede to go _apart_.

_apart_

SINE- = _without_ sine-cure _without_ care.

SUB- sub-scribe to write _under_.

suc- suc-ceed to follow _after_.

suf- suf-fer to _undergo_.

sug- = _under_ or sug-gest to bring to mind from _after_ _under_.

sum- sum-mon to hint from _under_.

sup- sup-port to bear by being _under_.

sus- sus-tain to _under_-hold.

NOTE.--The euphonic variations SUC-, SUF-, SUG-, SUM-, SUP-, result from a.s.similating the _b_ of SUB- to the initial letter of the root. In ”sustain” SUS- is a contraction of _subs-_ for _sub-_.

SUBTER- = _under_ or subter-fuge a flying _under_.

_beneath_

SUPER- = _above_ or super-natural _above_ nature.

_over_ super-vise to _over_-see.

NOTE.--In derivatives through the French, SUPER- takes the form SUR-, as _sur-_vey, to look over.

TRANS- _through_, trans-gress to step _beyond_.

tra- = _over_, tra-verse to pa.s.s _over_.

or _beyond_