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- Substantive - a. - Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
- Substantive - a. - Depending on itself; independent.
- Substantive - a. - Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
- Substantive - a. - Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.
- Substantive - n. - A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives.
- Substantive - v. t. - To substantivize.
- Substantively - adv. - In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.
- Substantively - adv. - As a substantive, name, or noun; as, an adjective may be used substantively.
- Substantiveness - n. - The quality or state of being substantive.
- Art - - The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style.
- Dozen - n. - A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.
- Substantive - a. - Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
- -ation - - A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization.
- Hate - n. - To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted.
- Genus - n. - An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.
- Remark - n. - To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a substantive clause; as, he remarked that it was time to go.
- It - pron. - As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk).
- Substantively - adv. - In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.
- Are - - The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
- Adjective - n. - Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
- Denominative - a. - Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.
- Is - v. i. - The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be.
- Some - a. - About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence.
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- H3426 יֵשׁ - 3426 יֵשׁ - יֵשׁ - - yêsh - yaysh - perhaps from an unused root meaning to stand out, or exist; entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb (הָיָה); there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection); (there) are, (he, it, shall, there, there may, there shall, there should) be, thou do, had, hast, (which) hath, (I, shalt, that) have, (he, it, there) is, substance, it (there) was, (there) were, ye will, thou wilt, wouldest. - - heb