 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...good thing ; a bad thing : or of any particular substantive ; as a sweet apple, ApleasaM prospect. 5. A Verb is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER: as,. " I ami I rule; I am ruled." A Verb may be distinguished, by its making sense with any of the personal... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
...the signification is dimr• CHAPTER VI. OF VERBS. SECTION 1. — Of the nature of Verbs m general. A VERB is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to suFl.ru ; as, " I am, I rule, I am ruled." Verbs are of three kinds ; ACTIVE, PASSIVE, and NEUTER.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1810 - 352 pages
...judicious writers on ft ram mar. CHAPTER VI. Of Venus, j SECT. i. Of the nature ef Verbs in general. A VERB is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER ; as, " I am, I rule, I ana ruled." Verbs are of three kinds ; ACTIVE, PASSIVE, and KECTEK. They are also divided into REGULAR,... | |
 | John Dougall - 1810 - 734 pages
...words irregular in ihis respect, are those which express the very same ideas with the foregoing. VERB. A VERB is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to sufier. There are three kinds of Verbs ; Active, Passive, and Neuter Verbs. A Verb Active expresses... | |
 | John Millard - Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1813 - 704 pages
...which expresses the highest degree of the quality, by adding st or est to the positive ; as hardest. 5. A VERB is a word which signifies, to be, to do, or to suffer. There are active, passive, and neuter verbs. A verb ni'lii't: expresses an action, and implies an agent,... | |
 | Encyclopaedias, John Millard - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1813 - 712 pages
...which expresses the highest degree of the quality, by adding st or est to the positive ; as hardest. 5. A VERB is a word which signifies, to be, to do, or fo suffer. There are active, passive, arid neuter verbs. A verb active expresses an action, and implies... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...indefinite or general manner. The following are of this kind : some, other, any, one, all, such, &c. VERB. t A VERB is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, 1 am, I rule, I am ruled. Verbs are of three kinds; active, passive, and neuter, A verb active expresses... | |
 | 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 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 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 - English language - 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... | |
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A Verb is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER ; as, 
