...That 'sa good boy," said Mrs. Budden with all a mother's pride. " JTow, you know what a verb is ? " " A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled. Give me an apple, Ma." " I 'll give you an apple," replied the man with the red whiskers, who was an...

...to Mr. Grey and told him that I wished him to go and see Ms horse." Him and Ms are pronouns. Verbs. 5. A verb is a word which signifies to be,- to do, or to suffer, that is, to have something done to ourselves ; as — to live, to dance, to be beaten. 6. You may know...

...grammatical frailties of the barbarous man who had taught them to realize, in body equally as in mind, that "a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." Probably there is not a school-boy, with an average huinun nature, who would not jubilantly forego...

...accordingly, nearly all grammars differ in their definition of this part of speech. The old definition, that "a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer," though unexceptionable as any, as far as it goes, is yet greatly defective in stating nothing respecting...

...have founded their definitions upon the meaning of the Verb as a word. As in the old definition, ' A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; * or as in the theory wherein ' motion ' and ' rest ' are considered the distinctive characteristics...

...grammatical frailties of the barbarous man who had taught them to realize, in body equally as in mind, that " a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." Probably there is not a school-boy, with an average human nature, who would not jubilantly forego a...

...accordingly, nearly all grammars differ in their definition of this part of speech. The old definition, that " a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer," though unexceptionable as any, as far as it goes, is yet greatly defective in stating nothing respecting...

...That's a good boy," said Mrs. Budden with all a mother's pride. " Now, you know what a verb is ? " " A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled. Give me an apple, ma." " I'll give you an apple," replied the man with the red whiskers, who \vas an...

...almost as soon as we begin to live. When I was a lad at school I was taught to recite the words, ' a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer.' But arrived at the years of maturity, and turned into the great worldschool where life's sterner lessons...

...bearings upon the — or — of eternity, and remember if misspent, — can never be re-called. The Verb. A verb is a word which signifies " to be," " to do," or " to sufler,"1 and is used to affirm or ask questions, as " John speaks," "Are you ready ? " CLASSIFICATION,...