| 1. capt ure, take | 11. pict ure, paint |
| 2. depart ure, from + part | 12. pleas ure, please |
| 3. en clos ure, within + shut | 13 post ure, place |
| 4. fixt ure, fasten | 14. pro ced ure, forward + go |
| 5. fract ure, break | 15. rapt ure, carry away |
| 6. gest ure, act, do | 16. script ure, write |
| 7. junct ure, join | 17. signat ure, mark or sign |
| 8. manu fact ure, hand + make | 18. sut ure, sew |
| 9. overt ure, open | 19. text ure, weave |
| 10. past ure, feed | 20. verd ure, green |
y = state of being, full of, consisting or made of.
While the above words serve to illustrate the use of y as a suffix, to analyze them would not be profitable. On account of their simplicity no illustrations are needed to show their use, and no definitions; in fact, there are no words simpler on which to base definitions.
The eight words following, which end in y, can, however, be analyzed with profit:
| 1. an arch y, without + rule | 5. ob loqu y, against + speak |
| 2. a path y, without + feel | 6. poly gam y, many + marriage |
| 3. aut ops y, self + see | 7. sym path y, together + feel |
| 4. col loqu y, together + speak | 8. sym phon y, together + sound |
tort, tors = twist, wring, wrest.
| 1. con tort, together | 5. torch |
| 2. dis tort, aside | 6. tor ment, that which |
| 3. ex tort, out | 7. tortoise |
| 4. re tort, back | 8. tort ure, that which |
1. To twist together; to turn awry. “A form contorted and misshapen from that which nature gave.”
2. To twist aside; to twist out of shape; to wrest from the true meaning. “For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws.”