 | Thomas Turner Tate - 1885 - 456 pages
...that he had attached some whimsical sense to the terms employed. At the day school I was taught that " a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." I thought that the poor verbs were miserable little things, for all their being and doing ended in... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1894 - 676 pages
...That 'sa 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 was... | |
 | Hugh Cameron Gillies - 1896 - 200 pages
...Old Gaelic bith the world as the source of the word bith which is here used. CHAPTER VI— OF VERBS A VERB is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer anything. Gaelic Verbs may be divided into three classes as Regular, Irregular, and Defective. REGULAR... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1898 - 472 pages
..."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... | |
 | Percival Leigh - 1903 - 278 pages
...noun, in order to avoid tautology: as, "The man wants calves ; he is a lath ; he is a walkingstick." 5. A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer : as, I am ; I calculate ; I am fixed. A verb may usually be distinguished by its making sense with a personal pronoun,... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1906 - 444 pages
...When on the walls, in lines arrayed, You see me marshal undismayed My host of moods and tenses ' 3. 1 A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to v suffer : as ' I am, I love, I am loved '. 2 The two lines in italics are taken from Chapman's Homer.... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1910 - 490 pages
...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." " Til give you an apple," replied the man with the red whiskers, who was an... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 720 pages
...his friends to test his mastery, and when challenged to provide a definition of a verb, could recite, "A VERB is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER; as I am; I rule; I am ruled. " Some of those who participated in this drill — like Mentor Graham, the semiliterate schoolmaster,... | |
 | Hugh Cameron Gillies - 2006 - 190 pages
...Old Gaelic bith the world as the source of the word bith which is here used. CHAPTER VI—OF VERBS A VERB is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer anything. Gaelic Verbs may be divided into three classes as Regular, Irregular, and Defective. REGULAR... | |
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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. 
