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Verbosity, as affecting strength
Verse, in oppos. to prose, what
—Blank verse, as distinguished from rhyme
—Verse, general sense of the term; its derivation and literal
signif.; the visible form of verse
—Verse, as defined by JOH., WALK., et al.; do. by WEBST.
—Verse, Eng., the difficulty of treating the subject of, and from
what this arises
—A verse, or line of poetry, of what consists
—Verse, or poetic measure, the kinds, or orders of, named; (see
Iambic Verse, Trochaic Verse, &c.)
—Verse, the proper reading of
VERSIFICATION, treated
—Versification, defined
—Versification, POE'S (E. A.) notions concerning; his censure of
BROWN'S former definition of; his rejection of the idea of versif.
from the principle of rhythm; his unfortunate derivat. of rhythm
from [Greek: hurithmos,] and vain attempts to explain the term: the
farrago summarily disposed of by BROWN
—EVERETT'S "System of Eng. Versification," account of, and strictures
on
Vision, or imagery, explained
Vocative case of Lat. and Gr. gram., not known in Eng.
Voice, ACTIVE, and PASSIVE, whether necessary terms in Eng. gram.
Vowel, defined
—Vowels named
—W and Y, when vowels; comp.
—Vowel sounds, or vocal elements, the different, how produced
—what are those in Eng.
—how each may be variously expressed by letters; notation of
—Vowels, two coming together, where may be parted in syllabication.
W, its name and plur. numb.
—simpler term than Double-u perhaps desirable; DR. WEBST. on the
lett.
—W, when a vowel
—with vowel foll., sound of
—before h, how pronounced
—in Eng. never used alone as a vowel
—no diphthongs or triphth. in Eng., beginning with.
Wages, noun, plur. by formation; its construe, with a verb.
Walker, J., estimate of his Critical Pronouncing Dictionary —in his lexicography how far followed DR. JOH.
Was, contrary to usage preferred by some to were, in the imperf. sing, of the subj.
We, plur., as representing the speaker and others; how sometimes used in stead of the sing.; sometimes preferred by monarchs to I.
Webster, Dr. N., describes language as comprehending the voice of brutes
—never named the Eng. letters rightly
—his orthography as a standard; do. compared with that of DR. JOH.
—the result to himself of his various attempts to reform our orthog.;
the value of his definitions.
Weight, measure, &c., see Time.
Wert, as used in lieu of wast —its mood not easy to determine; authorities for a various use of.
What, its class and nature
—to what usually applied; its twofold relat. explained
—its numb.; example of solec. in the use of
—as a mere adj., or as a pron. indef.
—its use both as an adj. and as a relative at the same time; do. for
who or which, ludic. and vulg.
—declined
—how to be disposed of in etymolog. parsing; how to be parsed
syntactically
—how becomes an interj.
—used appar. for an adv.; uttered exclamatorily before an adj., to be
taken as an adj., ("WHAT PARTIAL judges are our," &c.,)
—followed by that, by way of pleonasm, ("WHAT I tell you in
darkness, THAT," &c.,)
—with but preceding, ("To find a friend, BUT WHAT" &c.,)
—vulg. use of, for that
—derivation of, from Sax., shown.
Whatever or whatsoever, its peculiarities of construe., the same as
those of what; its use in simp, relation
—its construc. as a double relative; whether it may be supposed
ellipt.
—its declension.
When, where, or while, in what instance not fit to follow the verb is
—When, where, whither, as partaking of the nature of a pron.;
construc, of do., with antecedent nouns of time, &c., how far
allowable
—derivation of, from Anglo-Sax.
Whether, as an interrog. pron.; as a disjunc. conjunc. —conjunc. corresponsive to or —as do., its derivation from Sax.
Which, relative
—its former use; to what objects now confined
—its use after a personal term taken by meton. for a thing; do., as
still applicable to persons
—is of all the genders, (in oppos. to MURR., WEBST., et. al.,)
—is less approp. than who, in all personifications
—its construc. when taken in its discrim. sense,
—how differs from the rel. that
—BLAIR'S incorrect remarks respecting
—Which, as rel. or interrog., declined
—Which, sometimes takes whose for its poss.,
—represents a prop. name taken merely as a name, ("Herod
—WHICH is but," &c.,)
—do. nouns of mult, expressing persons, when such are strictly of the
neut. gend., ("The COMMITTEES WHICH" &c.,)
—in what cases is less approp. than that
—does not fitly represent an indicative assertion, ('"Be ATTENTIVE,
without WHICH," &c.,)
—its Sax. derivation shown
—The which, obsol.,
—Which, interrog., what demands,
—to what objects applied
—now used for the obsol. whether.
Whichever, whichsoever, signif. and construc. of
—declension of.
Who, relative
—to what usually applied
—has superseded which, formerly applied to persons, ("Our Father
WHO art" &c.,)
—to be preferred to which, in all personifications
—how differs from the rel. that
—Who, as rel. or interrog., declined,
—Whose, use of, for the defec. poss., of which
—Than whom, (see Than.)
—Who, interrog., what demands
—may be the anteced. of the rel. that
—Who, derivation of, from Sax.
Whoever, and whoso or whosoever, signif. and construc. of
—declens. of
—Whoso and whatso, antiq., import and use of,
Whole, improp. use of, for all. ("Almost the WHOLE inhabitants," HUME.,).
Why, after nouns of cause, (see When, &c.)
—Why, wherefore, therefore, their class.
Will, verb, how varied
—use of, as a principal verb.
Wis, verb, pret. wist, signif. and use of
—Had I wist,
With, for and, (see Cum:)
—added to adv. of direc., with emphat. imperat. ("Up WITH it").
Withal its class and construc. Without, obsol. use of, for
unless or except. Withouten, paragog. and poet. form.
Withinside of Won't, whence formed; its pronunc.
Worcester, Dr. J. E., his Universal and Critical Dictionary WORDS,
treated.
—Word, defined.
—Words distinguished, and the divisions of, defined.
—(See Compound Word.)
—Words, Rules for the figure of;
—simp., when compounding is to be avoided
—when to be joined, or to be written separately
—Words, the nature of, explained
—the consid. of, as comm., and as prop.,
—brevity sought in the comm. use of
—the identity of, in what consists
—unsettled and variable usage with respect to the figure of
—Words that may constitute diff. parts of speech, their construc.
not to be left doubtf.
—the reference of, to other words, do.
—senselessly jumbled, charac. of
—entirely needless, how to be disposed of
—unintelligently misapplied, what indicates,
—Words, PUNCT. of: in pairs; alternated; put absol.; in appos.;
repeated
—Words, derivation of, treated
—most of those regarded as primitives in Eng., may be traced to
ulterior sources
—the study of, its importance
—how the knowledge of, may be promoted with respect to Eng.
—Words, the use of, as affecting Purity
—do., as affect. Propriety
—do., as affect. Precision
—do., as affect. Perspicuity
—do., as affect. Strength
Worshiper, whether properly written with a single or a double p
Worth, its class and construc.
Worthy, admits not ellips. of prep, of before obj. following
Writing, to write, what meant by
X.X, its name and plur. num. —format. of the plur. of nouns in —why never doubled —written for a number —its sounds
Y.Y, its name and plur. numb.;
—borrowed first by the Romans from the Greeks, by whom called Ypsilon
—in Eng. is either a vowel or a conson.
—classed with the semivowels
—final, changed or unchanged before terminations
—do., when, by former practice, retained in verbs ending in y,
before conson. terminations
—sounds of
—in poet. format. of adjectives
Ye, nom. plur., solemn style —its use as the obj. case —as a mere explet. in burlesque —its use in the lang. of tragedy —used for thee —in the Eng. Bible not found in the obj. case —Ye and you, promisc. use of, in the same case and the same style, ineleg.
Yes, yea, in a simp. affirmation, construc. and class of —derivation of, from Anglo-Sax.
You, use of, for thou
—You, with was, ("YOU WAS BUILDING,") approved by DR. WEBST. et
al., as the better form for the sing. numb.
—You, and VERB PLUR., in reference to one person, how to be
treated in parsing. Your, facet. in conversation, and how uttered
("Dwells, like YOUR miser, sir," &c., SHAK.,) Yourself, its
pecul. of construc.
Your Majesty, your
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