 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1815 - 64 pagina’s
...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 - 1815 - 514 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 - 158 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1819 - 120 pagina’s
...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, u I amj I rw/e, / am ruled." '\ Verb may jeuemlly be distinguished by its making sei.sa with... | |
 | William Pinnock - 1822 - 252 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Allen Fisk - 1822 - 192 pagina’s
...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 - 116 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | James Gilchrist - 1824 - 290 pagina’s
...forementioned affixes, is doubtless a mere particle or fragment of a compound word. L2 If, then, the common definition, A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, and to suffer, be wrong ; what definition is to be received as correct? But though we point out the... | |
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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. 
