Portfo'lio (Lat. n. fo'lium, a leaf); portman'teau (Fr. n. manteau, a cloak); importune' (Lat. adj. importu'nus, unseasonable); import'unate; importu'nity; op'portune (Lat. adj. opportu'nus, literally, at or before the port or harbor: hence, seasonable); opportu'nity; inop'portune.
165. POS'SE, to be able; Po'tens, poten'tis, powerful, mighty.
posse: pos'sible (Lat. adj. possib'ilis); possibil'ity; impos'sible.
potent: po'tent; po'tency; po'tentate; poten'tial; im'potent; omnip'otent (Lat. adj. om'nis, all); plenipoten'tiary (Lat. adj. ple'nus, full).
166. PREHEN'DERE: prohen'do, prehen'sum, to lay hold of, to seize.
prehend: apprehend'; comprehend'; reprehend'.
prehens: prehen'sile; apprehen'sion; apprehen'sive; comprehen'sible; comprehen'sion; comprehen'sive; reprehen'sible.
Appren'tice (Old Fr. n. apprentis, from v. apprendre, to learn); apprise' (Fr. v. apprendre, part. appris, to inform); comprise' (Fr. v. comprendre, compris), to include; en'terprise (Fr. n. entrepise, something undertaken); impreg'nable (Fr. adj. imprenable, not to be taken); pris'on (Fr. n. prison); prize (Fr. n. prise, something taken, from prendre, pris, to take); reprieve' (Old Fr. v. repreuver, to condemn), to grant a respite; repri'sal; surprise'.
167. PREM'ERE: pre'mo, pres'sum, to press.
press: press (-ure); compress' (-ible); depress' (-ion); express' (-ion, -ive); impress' (-ion, -ive, -ment); irrepres'sible; oppress' ('-ion, -ive, -or); repress' (-ion, -ive); suppress' (-ion).