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Verbs and Related Words: Verbs Which Affect the Location of the Object

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Verbs Which Affect the Location of the Object
English Latin
pour out effundo
sell vendo, vendidi, venditus
close claudo, clausi, clausus
consume, spend consumo
get, take capio cepi, captus
send away, lose amitto
take down or away, lover, humiliate detraho
find reperio, repperi, repertus
put upon or in impono
conceive, catch, receive concipio
leave, depart linquo
suspend, hang up suspendo
drag, draw , take traho, traxi, tractus
try experior, expertus
put together, compose, arrange compono
tie, fasten, connect necto, nexui, nexus
seize, lay hold of corripio, -ripui, -reptus
join, unite, connect iungo, iunxi, iunctus
give back, return reddo, -didi, -ditus
convert, turn towards converto
throw against, oppose, expose obicio
carry down, report defero
lie, recline iaceo, iacui, iaciturus
entrust to, command mando, -avi, -atus
turn away, avert averto
lead back, reduce reduco
offer, furnish, give praebeo, -bui, -bitus
bring on, attack infero
move moveo, movi, motus
throw across, bring across traicio
turn, change, overthrow verto, verti, versus
turned apart, different, diverse diversus
bring forth, betray prodo, -didi, -ditus
permit, give up, throw permitto
remaining reliquus
except, take out, take up excipio
put on, assume induo, indui, indutus
give as a share, attribute tribuo, -bui, -butus
wife uxor
desert, forsake desero. -serui, -sertus
do, drive, act ago, egi actus
lift, remove tollo, sustuli, sublatus
obtain obtineo
scatter spargo, sparsi, sparsus
strike, beat, knock pulso, -avi, -atus
carry, bear veho, vexi, vectus
throw about, boast, discuss iacto, -avi, -atus
gate porta
mate, wife, husband coniunx, coniug-
lead down, accompany deduco
give up, hand over, communicate trado, -didi, -ditus
column of soldiers, band agmen, agmin-
urge, drive on, press urgeo, ursi
put forward, propose propono
overhang impendeo
bring, carry fero, tuli, latus
place, put pono, posui, positus
deceive decipio
give out, publish edo, edidi editus
strew, lay low, cover sterno, stravi, stratus
send to, let go, admit admitto
bring out, utter effero, extuli
hang, depend on pendeo, pependi
spread out, expand, explain pando, pandi, passus
throw into or on inicio
drag, handle, manage tracto, -avi, -atus
drink bibo, bibi, bibitus
blow, stroke, accent (of verse) ictus
sustain sustineo
begin incipio
put under, subdue, substitute subdo, -didi, -ditus
apply adhibeo, adhibui, adhibitus
throw at adicio
fix, fasten, attach, transfix figo, fixi, fixus
snatch away, rescue eripio
throw down deicio
lead out, raise up educo
give, offer, put do, da-, dedi, datus
hold teneo, tenui, tentus
drive about, vex, consider, observe agito, -avi, -atus
catch, perceive deprehendo, -prehendi, -prehensus
retain retineo
top vertex, vertic-
pour, scatter fundo, fudi, fusus
find out comperio, comperi, compertus
finish, relate, go through perago
prohibit prohibeo
send back, concede, grant remitto
force cogo, coegi, coactus
drive out, expel expello, expuli, expulsus
leader dux, duc-
husband maritus
shake quatio, quassi, quassus
entrust to, recommend commendo
hold together, contain contineo
carry through perfero
send, send forth or away, throw mitto, misi, missus
seize, snatch, grab rapio, rapui, raptus
bring back, report, it matters refero
captive captivus
have, hold habeo, habui, habitus
throw iacio, ieci, iactus
port portus
drive, strike pello, pepuli, pulsus
carry porto, -avi -atus
offer, place before offero, obtuli
dip, immerse, sink mergo, mersi, mersus
carry, carry on gero, gessi, gestus
accept accipio, -cepi, -ceptus
leave, abandon relinquo, reliqui, relictus
bring to affero, attuli, allatus
place near, put to appono
demand, require, exact exigo, exegi, exactus
yoke iugum
drive upon, push forward impello
pertain pertineo
gift donum
turned away, adverse, hostile adversus
lead towards adduco
join together coniungo
turn around, be engaged in verso, -avi, -atiis
promise, send forward promitto
pluck carpo, carpsi, carptus
scatter differo distuli
throw under, place under, subdue subicio
empty, draw out haurio, hausi, haustus
mix, mingle misceo, miscui, mixtus
begin, entrust to committo
add, give to, place addo, -didi, -ditus
pour a libation, sacrifice, touch, take from libo, -avi, -atus
carry away aufero, abstuli, ablatus
bring forth, advance profero
take, select, assume sumo, sumpso, sumptus
remove removeo
cover operio, operui, opertus
throw forward proicio
transfer, convey, change translate transfero
open aperio, aperui, apertus
hang, weigh, consider, pay pendo, pependi, pensus
carry before, show, prefer praefero
send away, stop dimitto
present dono, -avi, -atus
bring together confero, collatus
arrange, furnish, instruct instruo, instruxi, instructus
lead, raw duco, duxi, ductus
take back, recover, receive recipio
turn back, return reverto
possess possideo, -sedi, -sessus
perceive percipio
buy emo, emi, emptus
surround, put around circumdo, -dedi, -datus
put down, put aside depono
eat edo, edi, esus
roll, revolve, ponder volvo, volvi, volutus
undertake suscipio



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