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MUSCOVITE Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

same root - different prefixes

Hi,

If you could help me compile a list of "verb groups" like

include - exclude - preclude

( i.e. all verbs in such a group should have the same root yet different prefixes)?

Please let's take into account only "long enough" verb groups (with no less than 3 verbs in each)

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MUSCOVITE f you could help me compile a list of "verb groups" with no less than 3 verbs in each) There are scores of them!

— Mister Micawber

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MUSCOVITEf you could help me compile a list of "verb groups" with no less than 3 verbs in each)
There are scores of them!
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Mister MicawberMUSCOVITEf you could help me compile a list of "verb groups" with no less than 3 verbs in each)
There are scores of them!
I see. If there are scores of N-verb groups (N>=3) meeting my criteria, let's slightly change the "problem statement" and focus on the groups comprising N >=4 verbs. There should exist a N for w
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MUSCOVITEThere should exist a N for which your list will turn out short enough?
There should, but no list exists, and I am not about to experiment by counting prefixed roots on my fingers. I'll give you one if I can think of one....

...Ah, here's one—

extend, intend, pretend, distend, obtend, subtend, superintend.
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abstain, appertain, attain, detain, maintain, obtain, pertain, retain, sustain,
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Mister Micawber..Ah, here's one—extend, intend, pretend, distend, obtend, subtend, superintend.
Very impressive!
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MUSCOVITEthe verb "distend" must be VERY formal and rare?
Not so rare, I think: children suffering malnutrition are often described has having distended bellies, for instance.
MUSCOVITEhere no entries for "obtend" and "subtend" in my Longman
I swear by OneLook. 'Subtend' I remember from trigonometry class.
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