 | 1856 - 496 pages
...verb which are found in our grammars. Murray and numerous others give this for a definition, viz : " A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." Now, in the first place, this definition is founded upon a wrong principle ; that is, upon the signification... | |
 | Percival Leigh - 1858 - 534 pages
...in order to avoid tautology : as, " The man wants calves ; he is a lath ; he is a walking-stick." 5. A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as, I am ; I calculate ; I am feed. A verb may usually be distinguished by its making sense with a personal pronoun,... | |
 | Henry Barnard - 1858 - 914 pages
...definition, that " a noun is the name of any thing that exists, or of which we have any notion," or that " a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." Early in his eighth year he was advanced to the study of Latin. This part of his education was commenced... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1858 - 266 pages
...he can tell when a dog runs or walks, growls or barks, plays or fights ; and yet the definition, " A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer," is to him wholly incomprehensible. It is easy to draw his attention to the difference between the action... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1858 - 1096 pages
...used in stead of n noun, to prevent too frequent « repetition of it." 25. FIFTH DEFINITION : — " A Verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to svffer? — Lowth, Murray, and others. NOTE : — " Л verb may generally be distinguished by if«... | |
 | Peter Bullions - 1859 - 250 pages
...accordingly, nearly all grammars differ in their definition of this part of speech. The old definition, that " a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer," though unexceptionable as any, as far as it goes, is yet greatly defective in stating nothing respecting... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1860 - 450 pages
...patronising air — " Alick, what part of speech is be ?" "A verb." " That's a good boy," said Mrs. Buddcn with all a mother's pride. "Now, you know what a verb...verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suifer ; as, I am — I rule— I am ruled. Give me an apple, Ma." "I'll give you an apple," replied... | |
 | Thomas Tate (mathematical master.) - 1860 - 394 pages
...that he had attached some whimsical sense to the terms employed. At the day-school I was taught that " a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." I thought that the poor verbs were miserable little things, for all their being and doing ended in... | |
 | Popular educator - 1860 - 536 pages
...universally acknowledged to be a verb. What is its essential character r " A verb," it has been said, " is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." The definition hardly applies to the statement that Alfred ilecps. But Alfred sleeps is a statement;... | |
 | comte Caliste Auguste de Godde de Liancourt - 1861 - 130 pages
...six Historiettes must bc learned, translated, and parsed in English. LESSON THE TENTH. VERBS. 95. — A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; as : I am, I learn, I am taught. There are three kinds of Verbs : Active, Passive, and Neuter. 96. — An Active... | |
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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. 
