 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 310 pages
...too frequent repetition of the same word: as, " The man is happy; he a benevolent; he is useful." 5. A Verb is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER: as, " lam; I rule ; I am ruled." A Verb may generally he distinguished, by its making sense with any of... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 232 pages
...quality or circumstance belonging to it ; as a tall man, a short woman, a little boy, a pretty girl. 9. A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as I am, I rule, I am ruled'; and is the most essential part of a sentence, for without it no sentence can be... | |
 | Allen Fisk, Lindley Murray - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1822 - 176 pages
...They, Pass. His, Theirs, Obj. Him ; Them. lie is masculine, She \s feminine. It is neuter. OF VERB«. A Verb is a word which signifies To Be, To Do, or To Suffer. . . . Verbs sre of three kinds, active, Passive, and Neuter. I. Active verbs express action, aod are... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1823 - 107 pages
...pupil may omit parsing- the verb, until he shall have committed to meinoir the definitions. 5 VERBS. 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 any of the personal... | |
 | James Gilchrist - 1824 - 274 pages
...properly a distinct word as the prefix is in the instances Irule, torule. Though, then, the definition " A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer," does hold as to Latin and Greek ; it is not true, as to any language whatever, ' that one simple or... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1825 - 312 pages
...Cobbett. On the use of that, for which, and especially for who, see my remark' in Note £9. V. VERBS. 102. A Verb is a word, which signifies to be, to do or to suffer ; or it is that part of speech which affirms something, or by which something is attributed to another... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Israel Alger - 1826 - 122 pages
...frequent repetition of the same word; as, " The man is happy; lte is henevolent; he is useful." 5. A Verh is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER; as, " I am, I rule, I am ruled." A Verh may generally he distinguished hy its making sense with any of the personal... | |
 | Study Aids - 1826
...from page 660.) We come next to the Verb. Murray's definition of a verb is, 'A verb is a word that signifies to Be, to Do, or to suffer; as I am, I rule, I am ruled.' We infer that to Be docs not mean to do or to tuffer; and to tiufftr means neither... | |
 | John March Putnam - 1828 - 180 pages
...: Singular. Plural. JVom. Other. Others. Pass. Other'*. Others'. Obj. Other. Others. Of Verbs. 45. A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer. Verbs are of three kinds ; transitive, intransitive, and passive. 46. A transitive verb is one which... | |
| William Fletcher - 1829 - 132 pages
...Page 46 New rcra.Pul>f~by WBGitlfr. CHAPTER. VI. VERBS AND PARTICIPLES. A VERB (from verbum, a word) 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. To Verbs belong Number, Person,... | |
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A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled. 
