8.  HYPER means Over:  as, hyper-critical, over-critical; hyper-meter, over measure. 9.  HYPO means Under:  as, hypo-stasis, substance, or that which stands under; hypo-thesis, supposition, or a placing-under; hypo-phyllous, under the leaf.

10.  META means Beyond, Over, To an other state or place:  as, meta-morphose, to change to an other shape; meta-physics, mental science, as beyond or over physics.

11.  PARA means Against:  as, para-dox, something contrary to common opinion.

12.  PERI means Around:  as, peri-phery, the circumference, or measure round.

13.  SYN,—­whence Sym, Syl,—­means Together:  as, syn-tax, a putting-together; sym-pathy, a suffering-together; syl-lable, what we take together; syn-thesis a placing-together.

CLASS IV.—­THE FRENCH PREFIXES.

1.  A is a preposition of very frequent use in French, and generally means To.  I have suggested above that it is probably the same as the Anglo-Saxon prefix a.  It is found in a few English compounds or derivatives that are of French, and not of Saxon origin:  as, a-dieu, to God; i.e., I commend you to God; a-larm, from alarme, i e., a l’arme, to arms.

2.  DE means Of or From:  as in de-mure, of manners; de-liver, to ease from or of.

3.  DEMI means Half:  as, demi-man, half a man; demi-god, half a god; demi-devil, half a devil; demi-deify, to half deify; demi-sized, half sized; demi-quaver, half a quaver. 4.  EN,—­which sometimes becomes em,—­means In, Into, or Upon:  as, en-chain, to hold in chains; em-brace, to clasp in the arms; en-tomb, to put into a tomb; em-boss, to stud upon.  Many words are yet wavering between the French and the Latin orthography of this prefix:  as, embody, or imbody; ensurance, or insurance; ensnare, or insnare; enquire, or inquire.

5.  SUR, as a French prefix, means Upon, Over, or After:  as, sur-name, a name upon a name; sur-vey, to look over; sur-mount, to mount over or upon; sur-render, to deliver over to others; sur-feit, to overdo in eating; sur-vive, to live after, to over-live, to outlive.

END OF THE SECOND APPENDIX

APPENDIX III TO PART THIRD, OR SYNTAX.

OF THE QUALITIES OF STYLE.