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[=SDC=] Q45. I declare!

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Jitze Couperus

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Sep 8, 2005, 4:28:03 AM9/8/05
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There is a root of English words that, possibly with affixes, can
have any of the following meanings. What root?

acquire
area
hooking up
insanity
insoluble
sign
stretching
pull
volume

Jitze, KBM and Bar
Chief Dweil Flonker
Totally Official Rules Committee

Alec Kojaev

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Sep 8, 2005, 1:47:46 PM9/8/05
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On Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:28:03 GMT, Jitze Couperus wrote:

> There is a root of English words that, possibly with affixes, can
> have any of the following meanings. What root?
>
> acquire
> area
> hooking up
> insanity
> insoluble
> sign
> stretching
> pull
> volume
>

-tract-trac-trah-trai-treat-:
acquire contract
area tract
hooking up attraction(?)
insanity distraction
insoluble intractable
sign (?)
stretching protraction
pull extract
volume treatise

--
Alec
St.Petersburg, Russia

Michael Hamm

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Sep 8, 2005, 9:44:05 PM9/8/05
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On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Alec Kojaev wrote, in part:
> > There is a root of English words that, possibly with affixes, can
> > have any of the following meanings. What root?
> >
> > acquire
> > area
> > hooking up
> > insanity
> > insoluble
> > sign
> > stretching
> > pull
> > volume
> >
>
> -tract-trac-trah-trai-treat-:
> acquire contract
> area tract
> hooking up attraction(?)
> insanity distraction
> insoluble intractable
> sign (?)
> stretching protraction
> pull extract
> volume treatise

Thank you!

The Totally Official answer is "tract", as follows:
acquire contract (malaria)
area tract (of land)
hooking up traction (of tires)
insanity distraction (to which one is driven)
insoluble intractable
sign contract (an employee)
stretching traction (of bones)
pull retract
volume tractate

Michael Hamm
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
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Mark Brader

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Sep 8, 2005, 10:12:34 PM9/8/05
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Michael Hamm writes:
> The Totally Official answer is "tract", as follows:
> acquire contract (malaria)
> area tract (of land)...

You mean:

area (HUUUUUUGE...) tract(s of land)

!
--
Mark Brader "I can say nothing at this point."
Toronto "Well, you were wrong."
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Jerry Friedman

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Sep 9, 2005, 1:18:06 PM9/9/05
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Here's the Cormo you attracted, Alec. I hope your tractor is ready to
make room for it, as it will not be retracted or subtracted.

--
Jerry Friedman, T.O. Sheepcontractor

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