| Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...good thing ; a bad thing : or of any particular substantive ; as a sweet apple, ApleasaM prospect. 5. A Verb is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER: as,. " I ami I rule; I am ruled." A Verb may be distinguished, by its making sense with any... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
...frequent repetition of the same word : as, " The man is happy ; he is benevolent ; he is useful." 5. A Verb is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER : as, " I am ; I rule ; I am ruled" A verb may generally be distinguished by its making sense... | |
| John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...number ; as, Singular. Plural. 1st Person, I, We, 2d Thou, Ye or You. 3d He, she, or it ; They. 1 OF VERBS. A VERB is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am, I rule, I am ruled. Verbs are of three kinds ; Active, Passive, and Neuter. They... | |
| John Dougall - 1810 - 734 pages
...words irregular in ihis respect, are those which express the very same ideas with the foregoing. VERB. A VERB is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to sufier. There are three kinds of Verbs ; Active, Passive, and Neuter Verbs. A Verb Active expresses... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1811 - 322 pages
...judicious writers on Grammar. CHAPTER VI. Of Verbs. SECT. 1. Of the nature of Verbs in general. L\ VERB is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER,* as, "I am, I rule, I am ruled." ^ "fVerbs are of three kinds ; ACTIVE, PASSIVE, and NEUTER.... | |
| John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...which expresses the highest degree of the quality, by adding st or est to the positive ; as hardest. 5. A VERB is a word which signifies, to be, to do, or to suffer. There are active, passive, and neuter verbs. A verb ni'lii't: expresses an action, and implies... | |
| Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...which expresses the highest degree of the quality, by adding st or est to the positive ; as hardest. 5. A VERB is a word which signifies, to be, to do, or fo suffer. There are active, passive, arid neuter verbs. A verb active expresses an action, and implies... | |
| J A. Stewart - 1814 - 798 pages
...too frequent repetition of the same word ; as, the man is happy, he is benevolent, he is useful. 5. A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer; as, I am, I rule, I am ruled. A verb may generally be distinguished by its making sense with... | |
| Thomas Love Peacock - 1815 - 64 pages
...year, All scenes and climates seeing, Had run a wild and strange career Through every mode of being. 18 A VERB is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER ; as, " I am, I love, I am loved" And every aspect, shape, and change Of action, and of passion... | |
| John Dougall - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1815 - 514 pages
...lew, lea* t ; much, or many, more, most ; and a few others. -Laser is only a corruption of less. VERB. A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer. There are three kinds of verbs ; Active, Passivej and Neuter verbs. A Verb Active expresses... | |
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