17. FI'NIS, an end or limit.
Radical: fin-.
1. fi'nite: fin + ite = having the quality of coming to an end: hence, limited in quantity or degree.
2. fin'ish: through Fr. v. finir; literally, to bring to an end: hence, to complete.
3. infin'ity: in + fin + ity = the state of having no limit: hence, unlimited extent of time, space, or quantity.
4. define': through Fr. v. definer; literally, to bring a thing down to its limits: hence, to determine with precision.
5. confine': con + fine; literally, to bring within limits or bounds: hence, to restrain.
6. affin'ity: af (a form of prefix ad) + fin + ity = close agreement.
EXERCISE.
(1.) What is meant by saying that "the human faculties are finite"?