 | 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 : • And known to... | |
 | John Dougall - 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 an action,... | |
 | James Gilchrist - 1816 - 296 pages
...instead of serving any important purpose, only perplex and enslave. THE VERB CONSIDERED. It is said, " A verb is a word, which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer;" and that " to a verb belong number, person, mood and tense;" every syllable of which is absurd. What... | |
 | James Andrew - 1817 - 152 pages
...expresses excess or defect in the highest or lowest degree, as the greatest of these is charity. V. A Verb is a word which signifies to Be, to Do, or to Suffer. It expresses affirmation either directly or indirectly, and includes an idea of time. 1. An Active... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1818 - 320 pages
...bad thing : or of any particular substantive ; as, a sweet apple, a pleasant prospect, a lively boy. '5. A Verb is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER: as,, "I am; 1 rule; I am ruled." f A Verb may generally be distinguished, by its making sense with any of the personal... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1818 - 158 pages
...man is more intelligent than that" One and other are varied or declined like nouns ; as, Of Verbs. A verb is a word which signifies To Be, To Do, or To Suffer : as, " / am, / rule, 1 am r«/et?." Verbs are of three kinds; Active, Passive, and Neuter. They are also... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 720 pages
...quality : as, " An industrious man ; a virtuous woman." 4. A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word...signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER : as, " I am ; I rule ; 1 am ruled." A verb may generally be distinguished, by its making sense with any of the personal... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 120 pages
...substantive; as, a twKft apple, a pleasant prospect. 4. A Pronsun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word...word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER ; as, u I amj I rw/e, / am ruled." '\ Verb may jeuemlly be distinguished by its making sei.sa with any ofthe... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 324 pages
...as, a tweet apple, a pleasant prospect, a lively hoy. 4. A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the 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, "... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 358 pages
...than every other acquirement." / CHAPTER V. Of Pronouns. A PRONOUN is a word used instead of a noun, to avoid the too frequent repetition of the same word : as, " The min is happyj he is benevolent; he is useful." TLere are three kinds of pronouns, viz. the PERSONAL,... | |
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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. 
