The compleat English-scholar, in spelling, reading, and writing: containing plain and easie directions for spelling, and reading English, according to the present pronunciation ... And directions for true writing of English, with several copies of the most usual hands engraven in copper. Also examples of the different writing and pronouncing of the same words in the English tongue. Lastly, how to spell words as are alike in sound, but differ in their sence and spelling ... / By E. Young, schoolmaster in London.

Words of three Sylables, both whole and divided into Sylables.

A	A
A-ba-sed	Abased
a-ba-ted	abate
ab-hor-ring	abhorring
ab-hor-red	abhorred
ab-or-tive	abortive
a-bo-lish	abolish
a-bound-ing	abounding
a-bun-dance	abundance
ab-sti-nence	abstinence
ac-cep-ted	accepted
ac-cep-tance	acceptance
ac-com-plish	accomplish
ac-cu-sed	accused
a-dorn-ed	adorned
ad-vi-sed	advised
ad-vanc-ed	advanced
ad-ju-red	adjured
af-fa-ded	affaded
af-fect-ed	affected
af-firmed	affirmed
af-fright-ed	affrighted
a-gre-ed	agreed
a-larm-ed	alarmed
al-low-ed	allowed
al-lu-red	allured
al-ter-ed	altered
a-ma-zed	amazed
a-mend-ed	amended
an-cho-red	anchored
a-noint-ed	anointed
an-swer-ed	answered
ap-peal-ed	appealed
ap-pear-ed	appeared
ap-peas-ed	appeased
ap-point-ed	appointed
ap-pli-ed	applied
ap-proach-ed	approached
ar-ray-ed	arrayed
a-scend-ed	ascended
a-scrib-ed	ascribed
as-sault-ed	assaulted

as-sign-ed	assigned
as-sist-ed	assisted
as-su-red	assured
as-swag-ed	asswaged
at-tain-ed	attained
at-tend-ed	attended
a-ti-ring	atiring
a-veng-ing	ave••••ing
aug-ment-ed	augmented
a-vouch-ed	avouched
a-wa-ked	awaked

B	B
Back-bi-ting	Backbiting
back-sli-der	backslider
back-ward-ly	backwardly
ba-nish-ed	banished
bap-tiz-ing	baptizing
bar-ba-rous	barbarous
bar-ren-ness	barrenness
beau-ti-ful	beautiful
be-got-ten	begotten
be-guil-ed	beguiled
be-head-ed	beheaded
be-hold-ing	beholding
be-liev-ing	believing
be-long-ed	belonged
bel-low-ing	bellowing
be-liev-ed	believed
be-moan-ing	bemoaning
be-reav-ed	bereaved
be-seech-ing	beseeching
be-sieg-ed	besieged
be-tray-ing	betraying
be-troath-ed	betroathed
blas-phem-er	blasphemer
bor-row-ed	borrowed
bran-dish-ing	brandishing

C	C
Can-ker-ed	Cankered
car-bun-cle	carbuncle
care-ful-ness	carefulness
car-ca-ses	carcases
care-less-ness	carelesness
car-n••l-ly	carnally
car-pen-ter	carpenter
car-ri-age	carriage
car-••i-ed	carried
cen-su-red	censured
chal-leng-ing	challenging
chast-en-ing	chastening
cha-stiz-ing	chastizing
cheer-ful-ly	cheerfully
che-rish-ing	cherishing
chur-lish-ly	churlishly
cla-mour-ing	clamouring
clou-di-ness	cloudiness
com-li-ness	comliness
com-for-ted	comforted
com-mand-ed	commanded
com-mit-ted	committed
com-mon-ly	commonly
com-pel-led	compelled
com-plain-ing	complaining
com-pound-ing	compounding
con-demn-ed	condemned
con-duct-ing	conducting
con-fes-sing	confessing
con-quer-ing	conquering
cor-rect-ing	correcting
cost-li-ness	costliness
co-ver-ing	covering
cre-a-ted	created
con-ver-ted	converted
con-firm-ing	confirming
cor-••upt-ed	corrupted

D	D
Dam-na-ble	Damnable
da-mo-sel	damosel
dan-ge-rous	dangerous
dark-en-ed	darkened

de-ceas-ed	deceased
de-ceit-ful-	deceitful
de-ceiv-ed	deceived
de-cent-ly	decently
de-cla-red	declared
de-fa-ming	defaming
de-fend-ed	defended
de-fil-ed	defiled
de-fraud-ing	defrauding
de-lay-ed	delayed
de-light-ing	delighting
de-mand-ed	demanded
de-ny-ing	denying
de-pri-ved	deprived
de-scend-ing	descending
de-serv-ed	deserved
de-spair-ing	despairing
de-spi-sing	despising
de-stroy-ed	destroyed
de-tain-ed	de-tai-ned
dif-fer-ing	differing
dis-charg-ed	discharged
di-rect-ing	directing
di-scern-ing	discerning
dis-dain-ing	disdaining
dis-gra-ced	disgraced
dis-guis-ed	disguised
di-stract-ed	distracted
distres-sed	distressed
di-spo-sing	disposing
dread-ful-ness	dreadfulness
doubt-ful-ly	doubtfully
di-vor-cing	divorcing
dis-sol-ved	dissolved
drunk-en-ness	drunkenness
di-vi-ner	diviner
di-vor-ced	divorced
dread-ful-ly	dreadfully
dul-ci-mer	dulcimer
dun-ge-on	dungeon
du-ra-ble	durable

E	E
Ear-nest-ly	Earnestly
earth-li-ness	earthliness
e-di-fie	edifie
ef-fect-ed	effected
e-lect-ed	elected
e-le-ments	elements
e-lo-quent	eloquent
em-bol-den	embolden
em-brac-ing	embracing
em-broid-er	embroider
e-mi-nent	eminent
em-ploy-ment	employment
em-pti-ness	emptiness
en-cli-ning	enclining
en-camp-ing	encamping
en-clo-sed	enclosed
en-count-er	encounter
en-cou-rage	encourage
en-dam-age	endamage
en-dan-ger	endanger
en-dea-vour	endeavour
en-du-ring	enduring
e-ne-my	enemy
en-mi-ty	enmity
enfl-a-ming	enflaming
en-gage-ment	engagement
en-gra-ver	engraver
en-large-ment	enlargement
en-light-en	enlighten
en-sam-ple	ensample
en-tice-ment	enticement
en-ter-tain	entertain
en-ter-ing	entering
en-trap-ping	entrapping
en-ter-prise	enterprise
en-vi-ous	envious
en-vi-ron	environ
e-pi-cure	epicure
e-pi-stle	epistle

e-qui-ty	equity
e-scap-ing	escaping
e-schew-ing	eschewing
e-spou-sals	espousals
e-sta-blish	establish
e-sti-mate	estimate
e-ter-nal	eternal
e-ver-more	evermore
e-vi-dence	evidence
ex-act-er	exacter
ex-a-mine	examine
ex-ceed-ing	exceeding
ex-cel-lent	excellent
ex-chang-er	exchanger
ex-clu-ded	excluded
ex-cu-sing	excusing
ex-hor-ting	exhorting
ex-or-cist	exorcist
ex-pect-ing	expecting
ex-pel-led	expelled
ex-pen-ces	expences
ex-pi-red	expired
ex-pound-ed	expounded
ex-pres-ly	expresly
ex-tend-ed	extended
ex-tol-led	extolled

F	F
Fa-cul-ty	Faculty
faith-ful-ly	faithfully
feign-ed-ly	feignedly
fa-mous-ly	famously
fa-mi-ly	family
fa-ther-less	fatherless
fa-vou-rite	favourite
fear-ful-ly	fearfully
fee-ble-ness	feebleness
fel-low-ship	fellowship
fer-vent-ly	fervently
fil-thi-ness	filthiness
flat-ter-er	flatterer
flesh-li-ness	fleshliness
flou-rish-ing	flourishing
fool-ish-ness	foolishness
for-bear-ing	forbearing
for-reign-er	forreigner
for-feit-ed	forfeited
for-get-ful	forgetful
for-give-ness	forgiveness
for-got-ten	forgotten
for-sak-ing	forsaking
fro-ward-ness	frowardness
fron-ti-ers	frontiers
fruit-ful-ness	fruitfulness
fur-ni-ture	furniture
fur-bish-ing	furbishing

G	G
Gal-le-ries	Galleries
gar-di-ner	gardiner
gar-nish-ing	garnishing
ga-ther-ing	gathering
ga-sing-stock	gasingstock
ge-ne-ral	general
gen-tle-ness	gentleness
gar-ri-son	garrison
glo-ri-fie	glorifie
glo-ri-ous	glorious
glut-to-ny	gluttony
gloom-i-ness	gloominess
god-li-ness	godliness
go-ver-nor	governor
gras-hop-per	grashopper
gra-vi-ty	gravity
gree-di-ness	greediness
griev-ous-ly	grievously
grudg-ing-ly	grudgingly
guile-ful-ly	guilefully
guil-ti-ness	guiltiness
guilt-les-ly	guiltlesly

H	H
Hal-low-ed	Hallowed

hard-en-ing	hardening
ha-sten-ing	hastening
hate-ful-ly	hatefully
haugh-ti-ness	haughtiness
health-ful-ly	healthfully
heark-en-ed	hearkened
hea-ven-ly	heavenly
hea-vi-ness	heaviness
hei-nous-ly	heinously
here-af-ter	hereafter
here-to-fore	heretofore
he-re-tick	heretick
he-ri-tage	heritage
ho-li-ness	holiness
ho-ne-sty	honesty
hor-ri-bly	horribly
hum-ble-ness	humbleness
hus-band-ry	husbandry
hy-po-crite	hypocrite

I	I
Jest-ing-ly	Jestingly
jea-lou-sy	jealously
ig-no-rance	ignorance
i-ma-gine	imagine
i-mi-tate	imitate
im-mor-tal	immortal
im-part-ing	imparting
im-ploy-ed	imployed
im-po-sed	imposed
im-po-tent	impotent
im-pu-dent	impudent
im-pu-ted	imputed
im-mer-sed	immersed
in-chan-ter	inchanter
in-creas-ing	increasing
in-di-ting	inditing
in-fa-mous	infamous
in-fi-del	infidel
in-fi-nite	infinite
in-flu-ence	influence
in-form-er	informer
in-graft-ed	ingrafted
in-ha bite	inhabite
in-he-rit	inherit
in-larg-ment	inlargment
in-light-en	inlighten
in-no-cent	innocent
in-spi-••ed	inspired
in-stant-ly	instantly
in-struct-ed	instructed
in-tang-led	intangled
in-tend-ed	intended
in-trea-ty	intreaty
in-ter-est	interest
in-vent-er	inventer
in-vi-ting	inviting
in-ward-ly	inwardly
joy-ful-ly	joyfully
joru-ney-ing	journeying
ju-bi-lee	jubil••e
i-vo-ry	ivory
ju-sti-fy	justify

K	K
Kind-nes-ses	Kindnesses
know-ing-ly	knowingly

L	L
La-bour-er	Labourer
la-men-ted	lamented
lan-guish-ing	languishing
law-ful-ly	lawfully
law-giv-er	lawgiver
learn-ed-ly	learnedly
le-pro-sy	leprosy
li-be-ral	liberal
li-ber-ty	liberty
light-en-ing	lightening
love-li-ness	loveliness
low-li-ness	lowliness
lu-sti-ness	lustiness
lurk-ing-ly	lurkingly
le-che-ry	lechery

M	M
Ma-gi-strate	Magistrate
mag-ni-fy	magnify
ma-je-sty	majesty
main-te-nance	maintenance
ma-ni-fest	manifest
ma-ni-fold	manifold
ma-ri-ner	mariner
mar-vel-lous	marvellous
mea-sur-ing	measuring
me-di-cine	medicine
me-di-tate	meditate
me-mo-ry	memory
men-ti-on	mention
mer-ci-ful	merciful
mes-sen-ger	messenger
migh-ti-ly	mightily
mi-ni-ster	minister
mi-ra-cle	miracle
mer-ri-ment	merriment
mis-chiev-ous	mischievous
mis-car-ry	miscarry
mi-se-ry	misery
mo-de-rate	moderate
mo-de-sty	modesty
mol-li-fy	mollify
move-a-ble	moveable
mor-ti-fie	mortifie
mul-ti-ply	multiply
mul-ti-tude	multitude
mur-der-er	murderer
mur-mur-ing	murmuring
mu-si-cal	musical
mu-ster-eth	mustereth
mu-tu-al	mutual
my-ste-ry	mystery

N	N
Na-ked-ness	Nakedness
na-ti-on	nation
na-tu-ral	natural
naugh-ti-ness	naughtiness
neg-li-gent	negligent
neigh-bour-ly	neighbourly
nig-gard-ly	niggardly
no-ble-ness	nobleness
no-ta-ble	notable
nou-rish-ing	nourishing
noi-som-ness	noisomness
nur-se-ry	nursery
no-vel-ty	novelty
num-ber-ing	numbering
nu-tri-ment	nutriment

O	O
O-bey-s••nce	Obeysance
of-fer-ing	offering
ob-serv-ing	observing
ob-tain-ed	obtained
oc-cu-py	occupy
o-di-ous	odious
of-fen-sive	offensive
of-fend-ed	offended
ob-sti-nate	obstinate
o-pen-ly	openly
o-pe-rate	operate
op-po-sing	opposing
op-pres-sing	oppressing
o-ra-cle	oracle
o-ra-tor	orator
or-dain-ing	ordaining
or-der-ly	orderly
or-din-ance	ordinance
or-na-ment	ornament
o-ver-charge	overcharge
o-ver-come	overcome
o-ver-see	oversee
o-ver-sight	oversight
o-ver-take	overtake
o-ver-throw	overthrow
out-go-ing	outgoing
out-lan-dish	outlandish

out-stretch-ed	outstretced
out ward-ly	outwardly

P	P
Pa-ci-fy	Pacify
pain-ful-ly	painfully
pa-ra-ble	parable
pa-ra-dise	paradise
par-ta-ker	par-ta-ker
par-ti-al	partial
pas-sen-ger	passenger
pas-so-ver	passover
pas-si-on	passion
pa-ti-ence	patience
pa-tri-arch	patriarch
peace-able	peaceable
pen-ti-cost	penticost
pe-nu-ry	penury
per-fect-ly	perfectly
per, fu-med	perfumed
pe-ri-lous	perilous
pe-ri-shing	perishing
per-ju-red	perjured
per-mit-ting	permitting
per-plex-ed	perplexed
per-se-cute	persecute
per-se-vere	persevere
per-swaded	peswaded
per-vers-ly	perverssly
pe-sti-lence	pestilence
pha-ri-see	pharisee
pi-e-ty	piety
pil-gri-mage	pilgrimage
pi-ti-ful	pitiful
plea-sant-ly	pleasantly
plen-te-ous	plenteous
pos-ses-sor	poss ssor
pos-si-ble	possible
po-ten-tate	potentate
po-ver-ty	poverty
pow-er-ful	powerful
pre-ci-ous	precious
pre-pa-red	prepared
pre-sent-ly	presently
pre-ser-ved	preserved
pre-si-dent	president
pre-vail-ing	prevailing
pre-vent-ed	prevented
prin-ci-pal	principal
pri-so-ner	prisoner
pri-vi-ly	privily
pro-ceed-ing	proceeding
providence	providence
pro-fit-ed	profitted
pro-fes-sing	professing
pro-long-ing	prolonging
pro-mi-sed	promised
pro-se-lyte	proselyte
pros-pe-rous	prosperous
pro-sti-tute	prostitute
pro-ven-der	provender
pro-claim-ing	pro-claim-ing
psal-te-ry	psaltery
pub-li-can	publican
pu-nish-ment	punishment
pur-cha-sing	purchasing
pu-ri-fy	purify
pur-po-sing	purposing
pur-suing	pursuing

Q	Q
Qua-li-ty	Quality
quar-ter-ing	quartering
qui-et-ing	quieting
qui-et-ness	quietness
qui-et-ly	quietly
quick-en-ing	quickening

R	R
Ran-som-ing	Ransoming
ra-ven-ous	ravenous
ra-vish-ment	ravishment
rea-di-ness	readiness
rea-son-ing	reasoning

re-bel-ling	rebelling
re-bu-ked	rebuked
re-ceiv-ing	receiving
re-com-mend	recommend
re-con-cile	reconcile
re-cor-der	recorder
re-co-ver	recover
re-count-ing	recounting
re-deem-er	redeemer
re-form-ed	reformed
re-fresh-ing	refreshing
re-fu-sing	refusing
re-gard-ed	regarded
re-gi-on	region
re-gi-ster	register
re-hear-sal	rehearsal
re-main-der	remainder
re-me-dy	remedy
re-mem-ber	remember
re-pair-er	repairer
re-pen-tance	repentance
re-port-ed	reported
re-pro-bate	reprobate
re-proach-ful	reproachful
re-prov-ed	reproved
re-si-due	residue
re-veal-ed	revealed
re-vi-ling	reviling
re-vi-ving	reviving
re-vol-ter	revolter
ri-o-tous	riotous
ring-lead-er	ringleader
rob-be-ry	robbery
rot-ten-ness	rottenness
ru-di-ments	rudiments
roy-al-ty	royalty

S	S
Sa-cra-ment	Sacrament
sa-cri-fice	sacrifice
sa-cri-ledge	sacriledge
sa-lu-ting	saluting
san-cti-fy	sanctify
sa-tis-fy	satisfy
sa-vi-our	saviour
sa-vou-ry	savoury
schis-ma-tick	schismatick
scorn-ful-ly	scornfully
scor-pi-on	scorpion
se-cret-ly	secretly
se-cure-ly	securely
se-du-ced	seduced
se-pa-rate	separate
se-pul-cher	sepulcher
ser-vi-tude	servitude
se-ve-ral	several
shame-ful-ly	shamefully
shel-ter-ing	sheltering
sig-ni-fy	signify
si-lent-ly	silently
si-mi-le	simile
sin-gle-ness	singleness
si-tu-ate	situate
sin-ful-ly	sinfully
slan-der-ed	slandered
slip-pe-ry	slippery
sloath-ful-ness	sloathfulness
so-ber-ness	soberness
so-journ-ing	sojourning
so-lemn-ly	solemnly
sooth-say-er	soothsayer
sor-cer-er	sorcerer
sor-row-ful	sorrowful
spe-ci-al	special
spee-di-ly	speedily
stam-mer-er	stammerer
sted-fast-ly	stedfastly
sub-scrib-ing	subscribing
sub-ver-ted	subverted
suc-cour-er	succourer
suf-fer-ing	suffering
suit-a-ble	suitable
sur-feit-ing	surfeiting
su-ste-nance	sustenance
swal-low-ing	swallowing

sy-na-gogue

synagogue

T	T
Task-ma-ster	Taskmaster
tem-pe-rance	temperance
tem-po-ral	temporal
ten-der-ness	tenderness
ter-ri-ble	terrible
ter-ri-fie	terrifie
te-sta-ment	testament
te-sti-fie	testifie
te-sta-tor	testator
thun-der-ing	thundering
to-ge-ther	together
tor-men-tor	tormentor
tot-ter-ing	tottering
tra-vel-ler	traveller
trea-su-ry	treasury
tres-pas-ses	trespasses
tri-umph-ing	triumphing
ty-ran-ny	tyranny
tru-sti-ness	trustiness

V	V
Va-ga-bond	Vagabond
va-li-ant	valiant
va-lu-ed	valued
va-ni-ty	vanity
va-ri-ance	variance
ve-he-ment	vehement
ve-ri-ty	verity
vi-cto-ry	victory
vi-ctu-al	victual
vi-gi-lant	vigilant
vi-la-ny	vilany
vi-ne-gar	vinegar
vi-o-late	violate
vi-o-lence	violence
vi-si-ble	visible
vi-si-on	vision
un-a-ble	unable
un-a-wares	unawares
un-be-lief	unbelief
un-cer-tain	uncertain
un-clean-ness	uncleanness
un-come-ly	uncomely
un-co-ver	uncover
un-der-stand	understand
un-der-take	undertake
un-feign-ed	unfeigned
un-faith-ful	unfaithful
un-fruit-ful	unfruitful
un-god-ly	ungodly
un-ho-ly	unholy
u-ni-ty	unity
un-learn-ed	unlearned
un-kind-ness	unkindness
un-law-ful	unlawful
un-mind-ful	unmindful
un-ru-ly	unruly
un-seem-ly	unseemly
un-skil-ful	unskilful
un-wor-thy	unworthy
up-hold-en	upholden
up-right-ly	uprightly
u-surp-er	usurper
ut-ter-ance	utterance
ut-ter-ly	utterly
ut-ter-most	uttermost

W	W
Wal-low-ing	Wallowing
wan-der-er	wanderer
war-ri-our	warriour
way-fa-ring	wayfaring
wea-ri-ness	weariness
wea-ri-some	wearisome
whis-per-ing	whispering
wick ed-ness	wickedness
wil-der-ness	wilderness
wi-li-ly	wilily
wil-ling-ly	willingly
wit-nes-sing	witnessing
won-der-ful	wonderful
wor-ship-per	worshipper
wor-thi-ly	worthily

wrong-ful-ly	wrongfully
wi-ther-ed	withered

Y	Y
Youth-ful-ly	Youthfully

Z	Z
Zeal-ous-ly	Zealously