_, verbs of; with part., in stead of infin.

_Despauter_, (Despauterius Joannes,) grammarian, when died
--his Lat. Gram.
--his remark on the origin of using plur. pron. of second pers. for
sing.
--gives the rule that the _verb governs the nominative before it_

_Diaeresis_, or _dialysis_, mark, place and use of
--explained

_Diesis_, or _double dagger_, for what purpose used. _Dimeter_, line,
_iambic_, examples of
--_trochaic_, do.
--_anapaestic_, do.
--_dactylic_, do.

_Diphthong_, defined
--_Diphthongs_, distinction of
--enumeration and specification of the Eng.

_Discourse_, or _narration_, its nature and requirements

_Disjunctive conjunction_, defined
--_Disjunctives_, List of
--_Disjunctive_ OR, see _Or_

_Distance_, see _Time_, &c.

_Distribution_, of words into classes, a matter of some difficulty;
explanations concerning, for learners
--of verbs in Lat., grammarians have disputed respecting

_Distributives_, of the class _pronominal adjectives_
--_Distributive_ term sing. in apposit. with a plur.

_Division, literary_, see _Literary Division_

_Do_, verb, how varied:
--particular uses of
--in what manner may be substituted for an other term

_Double comparatives_ and _double superlatives_, how may be regarded;
canon; (LATH. and CHILD)

_Double negatives_, see _Negation_, and _Negatives_

_Doubling_ of the final consonant before additional syll.; not doubling,
before do.
--_Double_ letter retained
--_Doubling_, certain letters incline to; others, do not

_Doubtful case_ after a part., in what kind of examples found; the
construc. to be avoided

_Drink_, verb, grammarians greatly at variance respecting the pret. and the
perf. part. of

_Dual_ number, found in Gr. and in Arab., what denotes

_Duplication_, see _Doubling_

_Du Vivier, G._, his _Grammaire des Grammaires_, and his _Traite des
Participes_, a copious treatment of the Fr. participle

E.

E, (as A, O, I, and U,) self-naming:
--how spoken and written
--its plur.
--sounds properly its own
--final, mute, and to what belongs; exceptions
--effect on preced. vowel, of _e_ mute after a sing. conson., or after
_st_, or _th_
--diphthongs beginning with
--triphthongs do.

_Each_, pronom. adj., always of the third pers. sing.; its agreements.
_Each other_, see _Other_

_Ecphoneme_, or note of exclamation
--oc