V.

V, name and plur. of: --written for a number: --sound of,

Value, &c., nouns of, see Time.

Verbal or participial noun, (see Participial, &c.) --Verbal forms used substantively, by poet pecul.

VERBS, Etymol. of; --Verb, defined: --why so called: --a perf. definition of, why difficult to form; --CHIEF TERMS, or PRINCIP. PARTS, of an Eng. verb, named and defined. --Verbs. Classes of, with respect to their FORM, named and defined: --do., with respect to their signif., do. --(See Active-Transitive Verb, &c.) _Verbs_, whole numb, of, in Eng.; the regular, far the most numerous; account of the others --how divided with respect to signif. in most grammars and dictionaries; BROWN'S division --divided by certain grammarians into act., pass., and neut. --MURR, on the distribution of --NIX. on do. --_Verbs_, in Lat., grammarians of old differed respecting the distribut. of --different methods of distribut. of, by several other authors, noticed --_Verbs_, most act., may be used either as trans. or as intrans. --some may be used either in an act. or a neut. sense --act. form of, used in a pass. sense; so also PART. in _ing_, ("_The books continue_ SELLING") --_Verbs_, Modifications of, named --Moods of, named and defined; (see _Infinitive Mood, Indic. Mood_, &c.) --Tenses of, named and defined; (see _Present Tense, Imperf. Tense_, &c.) --Persons and numbers of, what --Conjugations of --how principally conjugated --(See _Conjugation_) --_Verbs_, Irreg., List of --simp. irreg., numb. of; whence derived --Redundant, List of --Defective, do. --_Verbs irreg_. and _redund._, of what character all former lists of, have been --_Verbs_, of asking and teaching, construc. of --whether any, in Eng., can govern two cases --suppressed in exclamat. &c. --_Verbs_, Synt. of --_Verbs_ requiring a regimen, should not be used without an object --_Verb_, AGREEM. _of, with its subject_ --do., inferred --do., by sylleps., in plur., title of a book --do., in imperat. mood --_Verb_ of the third pers. sing. with a plur. noun of the neut. gend., the use of, a strange custom of the Greeks; such use not existent in Eng. --_Verb_, AGREEM. of, with infin. phrase or sentence as subject --do., with infin. subject limited, ("FOR MEN TO SEARCH _their own glory_, IS," &c.) --do., with a nom. in interrog. sentences --do., with a rel., according to the true anteced. of the pron.; (examp. of error from DR. BLAIR) --do., with a nom. limited by adjuncts --do., with composite or converted subjects --do., with _each, every, one_, &c., as leading words --do., by change of nominative --_Verb_, the _form of_, to be adapted to the style --when requires a separate nom. expressed --_Verb_, AGREEM. of, with a nom. noun collective --do., with joint nominatives --do., with two connected nominatives in appos. --do., with two conn. nominatives emphatically distinguished --do., with two conn. nominatives preceded by _each, every_, or _no_ --do., with nearest of connected nominatives, and understood to the rest; whether the usage is proper in Eng. --do., with connected nominatives of different persons --do., with connected subjects, one taken affirmat. and the other negat. --do., with two subjects connected by _as well as, but_, or _save_ --do., with connected subjects preceded by _each, every_, or _no_ --do., in ellipt. construc. of joint nominatives --do., with distinct subject phrases connected by _and_ --do., with disjunct. nominatives --do., with disagreeing nominatives connected disjunctively --do., when connected nominatives require different forms of the verb --do., with distinct phrases disjunct, connected --_Verbs_, connected by _and, or_, or _nor_, how must agree --discordant, how managed with respect to agreem. --_Verb_, mixture of the diff. styles of, ineleg. --diff. moods of, not to be used under the same circumstances --when two connected terms require diff. forms of, what insertion is necessary --_Verbs_ of _commanding, desiring, expecting_, &c., to what actions or events refer --of _desisting, omitting_, &c., with a part. following, rather than an infin. --of _preventing_, what should be made to govern --_Verb_, finite, punc. of --ellips. of, shown --derivation of, from nouns, adjectives, and verbs --poet. peculiarities in the use of

_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.

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