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§ 38 THE VERB. 83Obs. 2. Some of these are twice compounded ; as, ecquisnam,ecqucmam, ecquidnam, or ecquodaam, "whdl" uhusqvisque,unaquceque, unumquidque, or unumquodque, " every one;vgenitive uniuscujusque, &c. The former is scarcely declinedbeyond the nominative singular, and the latter wants theplural.Obs. 3.All these compounds want the vocative, except quisque,aliquis, quilibet. and quicunque. They have seldom, ifaver, quels, but quibus in the dative and the ablative plural.§ 38. THE VERB.132.—A Verb is a word used to express theact, being, or state, of its subject.Obs. 1. The use of the verb, in simple propositions, is toaffirm. That of which it affirms, is called its subject, and, if anoun or pronoun, it is usually in the nominative case. Butwhen the verb is in the infinitive, its subject is put in theaccusative.1. Verbs are of two kinds, Transitive, and Intransitive.Note.—These two classes comprehend all the verbs in any language. Accordingto this division, Transitive verbs include those only which denotetransitive action ; i. e. action passing over from, or done by, one person orthing to another; and Intransitive verbs, those which have nothing transitivein their meaning, but which represent their subject in a certain state or condition,aud nothing more. For this purpose, not only are the terms Transitiveand Intransitive more expressive and appropriate than Active and Aeuter,but their use relieves the term " Active ";to be employed solely as the nameof the form called the Active Voice ; and the term ''Neuter," to be appropriatedto the gender of nouns.2. A Transitive verb expresses an act doneby one person or thing to another. It hastwo forms, called the Active, and the Passivevoice. 135.3. An Intransitive verb expresses being, or astate of being, or action confined to the actor. Itiscommonly without the passive form.