4. condign': con + dign = very worthy: hence, merited, deserved.
OBS.—The prefix con is here merely intensive.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What participial adjective is formed from the verb "dignify"? Ans. Dignified.—Give a stronger word. Ans. Majestic.—Give a word which denotes the same thing carried to excess and becoming ridiculous. Ans. Pompous.
(2.) Can you mention a character in American history remarkable for the dignity of his behavior?—Compose a sentence containing this word.
(3.) Give the plural of "indignity."—What is meant by saying that "indignities were heaped on" a person?
(4.) How is the word "condign" now most frequently employed? Ans. In connection with punishment: thus we speak of "condign punishment," meaning richly deserved punishment.
15. DOCE'RE: do'ceo, doc'tum, to teach.
Radicals: doc- and doct-.