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A short introduction to English grammar

Note 65 — SENTENCES.

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With in composition retains the signification, which it hath among others in the Saxon, of from and against: as to withhold, to withstand. So also for has a negative signification from the Saxon: as, to forbid, forbeodan; to forget, forgitan.

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