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词根词缀:ag-, agen-, act-, agi-, agit-

【来源及含义】Latin: to set in motion, to hurry, to shake; to drive; to do, to act; to lead, to conduct, to guide

【同源单词】Ab actu ad posse valet illatio, Ab agendo, act, acta, Acta est fabula, acta sanctorum

词根词缀:in-1

【来源及含义】Latin: no, not [ig-, il-, im-, ir-]

【相关描述】This in-, "not", becomes i- before gn, as with "ignore"; il- before l, as with illiterate; im- before b, m; and p, as with imbalance, immiscible, impecunious; and ir- before r, as with irrefragable.

Don't confuse this Latin prefix, in-1, meaning "not", with another Latin prefix in-2 meaning "in, into, within, inside, on, toward" or with the prefix for English-origin words in-3 meaning "in, into; within".

【同源单词】ignorance, illiterate, imbalance, immaculate, immature, immovable