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... passive verb ? A. A paffive - verb denotes a paffion , or a fuffer- ing , or the receiving of an impreffion ; and neceffa- rily fuppofes an object upon which the impreffion is made , and an agent by whom it is made upon it ; as to be ...
... passive verb ? A. A paffive - verb denotes a paffion , or a fuffer- ing , or the receiving of an impreffion ; and neceffa- rily fuppofes an object upon which the impreffion is made , and an agent by whom it is made upon it ; as to be ...
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accent active verb Addifon adjective adverb agreeing auxiliary verbs becauſe caſe compound confifts confonant conftruction conjugated conjunction diphthong English expreffion exprefs faid fame fecond perfon fingular feems fenfe fentence ferves fhall fhew fhort fhould fignifies filent fimple fingular number firſt foft fometimes fometimes uſed fore formed fpeak ftand ftantive noun fubftantive noun fuch fupplying the place future imperfect tenfe gender governed Grammar Honourable imperative mood indicative mood Infinitive Mood Interjections irregular King laft Latin words lefs letter likewife Lord loved manner meaning meaſure moft moſt neuter verb nominative cafe obferve oblique cafe paffion paffive verb participle perfect perfonal pronoun pluperfect plural number poffeffive pronoun pofitive Pope Potential Mood prefent tenfe prepofition Preter preter-imperfect tenfe Shakespear SING ſpeak Subjunctive Mood ſubſtantive Tenſe thefe theſe thing third perfon fingular third perfon plural thofe thoſe Thou three fyllables Trochee ufed uſed Verfes vowel