A New Guide to the English Tongue, 1751Scolar P., 1967 - 154 pages |
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Page 115
... denotes Defeat or Error ; as , Mijdeed , Miftake . 7. Over , which fignifies Eminency or Superiority ; as , to overcome , to overfee . It denotes alfo Excefs ; as , overkasy . 8. Out , which fignifies Excefs , Excellency , or ...
... denotes Defeat or Error ; as , Mijdeed , Miftake . 7. Over , which fignifies Eminency or Superiority ; as , to overcome , to overfee . It denotes alfo Excefs ; as , overkasy . 8. Out , which fignifies Excefs , Excellency , or ...
Page 116
... denotes the Pofition or Difpofition , or an Action whereby one Thing is , as it were ,. put into another ; as , to import , to impale , to inclofe : Or the Impreffion whereby the Thing receives fuch and such a Form ; as , to inchant ...
... denotes the Pofition or Difpofition , or an Action whereby one Thing is , as it were ,. put into another ; as , to import , to impale , to inclofe : Or the Impreffion whereby the Thing receives fuch and such a Form ; as , to inchant ...
Page 117
... denotes Oppofition ; as , to repulfe : Sometimes it denotes only the enlarging the Senfe of the fimple Verb ; as , repose , repast : Sometimes it fignifics . the changing one Thing or State into another ; as , Reduce , Re- duction ...
... denotes Oppofition ; as , to repulfe : Sometimes it denotes only the enlarging the Senfe of the fimple Verb ; as , repose , repast : Sometimes it fignifics . the changing one Thing or State into another ; as , Reduce , Re- duction ...
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Accent Accomptant Adverb alfo Bachelor of Arts becauſe Cafe caft CHAP Chrift Church confifting of Words Confonants Defire denotes Diphthong Divifion of Syllables doth eafy Leffons educated hereafter English Tongue FABLE fafe fame fave ferve fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies fing following Words fome fometimes foregoing Tables formed Adjectives fuch Future Tenfe Gender Give an Example Grammar hath Heart Houſe IMPERATIVE MOOD Inftruction Jefus laft LESSON LESSON III Lord Mafter Mercy Mind moſt muft muſt Note Nouns Number Optative Mood paft Perfon Plur Plural Potential Mood praife Praiſe Prefent Tenfe Prepofition Preter Preterperfect Tenfe Pronouns Pronunciation Proper Names rain reft Schoolmaster Second Future Senfe Sentence ſhall Sing Singular Spelling Subftantive Subjunctive Mood thee thefe Thing thofe THOMAS DILWORTH thou Truft unto uſed Verb Vowel wanting whofe Wicked wife Words not exceeding Youth