verb [ com- , intensive, + sequor , follow ], pursue; overtake; win cōn-servō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus [ com- , intensive, + servō , save ], preserve, save cōnsilium, cōnsi´lī , n. plan, purpose, design; wisdom cōn-sistō, -ere, -stitī, -stitus [ com- , intensive, + sistō , cause to stand ], stand firmly, halt, take one’s stand cōn-spiciō, -ere, -spēxī, -spectus [ com- , intensive, + spiciō , spy ], look at attentively, perceive, see cōnstantia, -ae , f. firmness, steadiness, perseverance cōn-stituō, -ere, -uī, -ūtus [ com- , intensive, + statuō , set ], establish, determine, resolve cōn-stō, -āre, -stitī, -stātūrus [ com- , together , + stō , stand ], agree; be certain ; consist of cōnsul, -ulis , m. consul ( § 464.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

On you the senate, 459 all good citizens, the allies, the people of Latium, shall cast their eyes; on you the preservation of the State shall entirely depend.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

She often fixed a wild and vacant look on Annette, and, when she spoke, either did not hear her, or answered from the purpose.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

SYN: Sift, simplify, eliminate, disencumber, sort.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

In volcanic districts the various sulphur compounds formed give rise to a beautiful patina of varying shades of green and blue, sometimes so evenly distributed as to resemble enamel.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

Ut merito dicam, quod simpliciter sentiam, Paulum Schalichium scriptorem, et doctorem, pluris facio quam comitem Hunnorum, et Baronem Skradinum; Encyclopaediam tuam, et orbem disciplinarum omnibus provinciis antefero.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

G. Cûr nôn servus Sextî equum dominî cûrat?
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

With the spiritual birth, man's primitive, sinless, spiritual existence dawns on human thought,—through the travail of mortal mind, hope deferred, the perishing pleasure and accumulating pains of sense,—by which [30] one loses himself as matter, and gains a truer sense of Spirit and spiritual man.
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

At such seasons, scarcely ever did a complaint issue from his lips; but, inviting me to take the sofa, our reading commenced....
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

She spent entire days swinging on the shafts of the wagons.
— from L'Assommoir by Émile Zola

On came Boxer Hall, and not a Randall lad but envied their long, powerful stroke, so evenly done, and with such seeming power back of it.
— from The Eight-Oared Victors: A Story of College Water Sports by Lester Chadwick

First he faced the Khalifa and fought him to a finish, and then faced about and served Sheikh Ed Din's unbeaten dervishes in much the same fashion.
— from Khartoum Campaign, 1898; or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan by Bennet Burleigh

Democratic Party of Bonaire (PDB), Franklin CRESTIAN Curacao: Antillean Restructuring Party (PAR), Miguel POURIER; National People's Party (PNP), Maria LIBERIA-PETERS; New Antilles Movement (MAN), Domenico Felip Don MARTINA; Workers' Liberation Front (FOL), Wilson (Papa) GODETT; Socialist Independent (SI), George HUECK and Nelson MONTE; Democratic Party of Curacao (DP), Augustin DIAZ; Nos Patria, Chin BEHILIA Saba: Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM Saba), Will JOHNSON; Saba Democratic Labor Movement, Vernon HASSELL; Saba Unity Party, Carmen SIMMONDS Sint Eustatius: Democratic Party of Sint Eustatius (DP-St.E), K. Van PUTTEN; Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM); St. Eustatius Alliance (SEA), Ralph BERKEL Sint Maarten: Democratic Party of Sint Maarten (DP-St.M), Claude WATHEY; Patriotic Movement of Sint Maarten (SPA), Vance JAMES Member of: CARICOM (observer), ECLAC (associate), ICFTU, INTERPOL, IOC, UNESCO (associate), UPU, WMO, WTO (associate)
— from The 1994 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"Cannot I first see Sir Evas Dove?" groaned Mr. Staines.
— from Harum Scarum's Fortune by Esmè Stuart