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Webster 1913 Edition
Verb
1.
A word; a vocable.
[Obs.]
South.
2.
(Gram.)
A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.
☞ A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression.
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Webster 1828 Edition
Verb
VERB
,Noun.
1.
In grammar, a part of speech that expresses action, motion, being, suffering, or a request or command to do or forbear any thing. The verb affirms, declares, asks or commands; as, I write; he runs; the river flows; they sleep; we see; they are deceived; depart; go; come; write; does he improve?When the action expressed by a verb is exerted on an object, or terminates upon it, the act is considered as passing to that object, and the verb is called transitive; as, I read Livy. When the act expressed by the verb, terminates in the agent or subject, the verb is called intransitive; as, I run; I walk, I sleep.
When the agent and object change places, and the agent is considered as the instrument by which the object is affected, the verb is called passive; as, Goliath was slain by David.
2.
A word.