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| -AR, -AL, (-IAL, -EAL), -ANE (-(E)-AN, -IAN, [-AIN]), -ILE/-IL |
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| 'pertaining to, like, belonging to, having the character of' |
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'pertaining to, like,'
porcine, bovine, ovine, feline, etc. |
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| 'pertaining to, connected with, having the character of' |
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'possessing, being, etc"
often equivalent to the ModE past participle in -ED (an AGGREGATE sum is one HERDED towards (the center) as into a lump) |
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| 'equivalent to the ModE present participle in -ING (DORMANT- literally, "sleeping"; precient "knowing beforehand", hence foreseeing the future, etc. |
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"full of"
otiose, bellicose "full of war"/"hostile" [L.bellum "war"+ -IC + -OS] grandiose, verbose, etc |
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"full of" "disposed to"
violent fraudulent corpulent, etc |
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| ModE distinguishes in meaning between pairs of words with identical bases, but different suffixes: |
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urban/urbane
official/officious
imperial/imperious
continuous/continual
funeral/funereal
human/humane
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