 | Samuel Barnard - 1825 - 328 pages
...Cobbett. On the use of that, for which, and especially for who, see my remark' in Note £9. V. VERBS. 102. A Verb is a word, which signifies to be, to do or to suffer ; or it is that part of speech which affirms something, or by which something is attributed to another... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 126 pages
...frequent repetition of the same word; as, " The man is happy; lte is henevolent; he is useful." 5. A Verh is a word which signifies to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER; as, " I am, I rule, I am ruled." A Verh may generally he distinguished hy its making sense with any... | |
 | John March Putnam - 1828 - 200 pages
...: Singular. Plural. JVom. Other. Others. Pass. Other'*. Others'. Obj. Other. Others. Of Verbs. 45. A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer. Verbs are of three kinds ; transitive, intransitive, and passive. 46. A transitive verb is one which... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 798 pages
...the Latin words, is as properly a distinct word as the prefix is in the instances Iritle, tortile. Though, then, the definition ' a verb is a word which...originated in mistaking syntactic for verbal meaning; ie in supposing that one word can convey a meaning which requires two or more words. This error, productive... | |
 | Joseph F. A. Boeuf - 1829 - 274 pages
...to enable him to understand with facility the remarks which will be made. CHAPTER V. OF THE VERBS. A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to svffer. Verbs must agree with their nominatives in number and person. There are various kinds of verbs,... | |
 | William Fletcher - 1829 - 158 pages
...Page 46 New rcra.Pul>f~by WBGitlfr. CHAPTER. VI. VERBS AND PARTICIPLES. A VERB (from verbum, a word) is a word which signifies to be, to do or to suffer ; as, I am, I rule, I am ruled. Verbs are of three kinds ; ACTIVE, PASSIVE, and NEUTER. To Verbs belong... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 128 pages
...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, " I am, I rule, I am ruled." A Verb may generally be distinguished by its making sense with any... | |
 | J. M. Putnam - 1831 - 174 pages
...each, &c. as here used, are adjectives, and may properly be styled pronominal adjectives. OF FERBS. A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer; as, I am, I rule, I am ruled. Here, am is a verb, signifying to be, or to exist; rule is a verb, signifying... | |
 | William Russell, William Channing Woodbridge, Fordyce Mitchell Hubbard - 1832 - 644 pages
...thus : ' A Pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, to prevent too frequent a repetition of it.' 5. ' A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer.' A. verb may generally be distinguished by its making sense with any of the personal pronouns, or the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1832 - 204 pages
...sense that the noun would, if used, is a pronoun. Pronoun means for a noun, or in place of a noun. 5. A VERB is a word which signifies, to BE, to DO, or to SUFFER, or to receive an action; as, I am, I rule, I am ruled. You may know a verh either hy its making sense... | |
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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. 
