A New Guide to the English Tongue (1793)Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints, 1978 - 156 pages |
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... derived of a Verb , and fignifies Being , Doing , or Suffering , and alfo implies Time , as a Verb does ; but is otherwife like a Noun Adječlive . Q. How many Participles are there ? A. Two : The Adive Participle , that ends in ing ; as ...
... derived of a Verb , and fignifies Being , Doing , or Suffering , and alfo implies Time , as a Verb does ; but is otherwife like a Noun Adječlive . Q. How many Participles are there ? A. Two : The Adive Participle , that ends in ing ; as ...
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... derived from the French , instead of in , we commonly ufe en ; as , to enrage , ∞ encourage : but then it never denotes Privation or not . 13. Inter , which fignifies between ; as , to intervene , to inter- gupt : But in interdi & t ...
... derived from the French , instead of in , we commonly ufe en ; as , to enrage , ∞ encourage : but then it never denotes Privation or not . 13. Inter , which fignifies between ; as , to intervene , to inter- gupt : But in interdi & t ...
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Thomas Dilworth. 2. How are Verbs derived from other Parts of Speech ? A. Many Subftantives , and fometimes Adjectives ; and fometimes the other Parts of Speech become Verbs , by prefixing the Sign to before them , or by adding the Ter ...
Thomas Dilworth. 2. How are Verbs derived from other Parts of Speech ? A. Many Subftantives , and fometimes Adjectives ; and fometimes the other Parts of Speech become Verbs , by prefixing the Sign to before them , or by adding the Ter ...
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Accent Adjectives Adverb alfo alſo American becauſe Book Cafe caft Church confifling of Words confifting Confonants Conjunction David Abercrombie Defire denotes Dilworth's Diphthong Divifion doth eafy Leffons edition educated hereafter English language English Tongue FABLE fame fave fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies fing firft following Words fome fometimes foregoing Tables fuch Give an Example hath Heart himſelf Hugh Jones IMPERATIVE MOOD Jefus juft laft LESSON LESSON VI Lord Mind moft muft muſt Noah Webster Note Nouns Number Optative Mood Paffive paft Perfon Plur Plural Potential Mood praiſe Prefent Tenfe Prepofition Preter Preterperfect Tenfe Preterpluperfect Tenfe Pronoun puniſh rain Rule Second Future Tenfe Senfe Sentence ſhall Sing Singular ſpeaketh Subftantive Subjunctive Mood Syllable Tenſe thee thefe theſe Thing thofe Thomas Dilworth thoſe thou Truft unto uſed Verb Verfe Vowel wanting Wicked wife Words not exceeding