...vosmet, "Ye yourselves." OP A VERB AND ITS BOOTS. Q. What is a Verb ? and what does it express ? A. It is a word which signifies " to be," " to do," or "to suffer." Q. What is meant by the Voice of the verb ? Q. How many voices then have verbs ? A. Two; called the...

...with much of the knowledge imparted to children. The child uscd to be taught, for instance, that " a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer " — " mood or mode is the particular form or manner in which the action, passion, or being of the...

...PREDICATE. We subjoin the usual definitions of this important part of speech : — DR. LOWTH says : " A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." He also states, when speaking of the PARTICIPLE : " But if the essence of the verb be made to consist...

...That 'sa good boy," said Mrs. Budden with all a mother's pride. " JTow, you know what a verb is ? " " A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer; as, I am — I rule — I am ruled. Give me an apple, Ma." " I 'll give you an apple," replied the...

...Mr. Grey and told him that I wished him to go and see Ms horse." Him and Ms are pronouns. Verbs. 5. A verb is a word which signifies to be,- to do, or to suffer, that is, to have something done to ourselves ; as — to live, to dance, to be beaten. 6. You may know...

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...grammatical frailties of the barbarous man who had taught them to realize, in body equally as in mind, that "a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." Probably there is not a school-boy, with an average huinun nature, who would not jubilantly forego...

...Some grammarians have founded their definitions upon the meaning of the Verb as a word. As in the old definition, ' A verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer ; * or as in the theory wherein ' motion ' and ' rest ' are considered the distinctive characteristics...

...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...

...grammatical frailties of the barbarous man who had taught them to realize, in body equally as in mind, that " a verb is a word which signifies to be, to do, or to suffer." Probably there is not a school-boy, with an average human nature, who would not jubilantly forego a...