part of speech by which any thing is asserted.”—­Weld cor. (10.) “The verb is a part of speech, which expresses action or existence in a direct manner.”—­Gilbert cor. (11.) “A participle is a word derived from a verb, and expresses action or existence in an indirect manner.”—­Id. (12.) “The participle is a part of speech derived from the verb, and denotes being, doing, or suffering, and implies time, as a verb does.”—­Brit.  Gram. and Buchanan cor. (13.) “The adverb is a part of speech used to add some modification to the meaning of verbs, adjectives, and participles.”—­Gilbert cor. (14.) “An adverb is an indeclinable word added to a verb, [a participle,] an adjective, or an other adverb, to express some circumstance, accident, or manner of its signification.”—­Adam and Gould cor. (15.) “An adverb is a word added to a verb, an adjective, a participle, or an other adverb, to express the circumstance of time, place, degree, or manner.”—­Dr. Ash cor. (16.) “An adverb is a word added to a verb, an adjective, a participle, or, sometimes, an other adverb, to express some circumstance respecting the sense.”—­Beck cor. (17.) “The adverb is a part of speech, which is added to verbs, adjectives, participles, or to other adverbs, to express some modification or circumstance, quality or manner, of their signification.”—­Buchanan cor. (18.) “The adverb is a part of speech which we add to the verb, (whence the name,) to the adjective or participle likewise, and sometimes even to an other adverb.”—­Bucke cor. (19.) “A conjunction is a word used to connect words or sentences.”—­Gilbert and Weld cor. (20.) “The conjunction is a part of speech that joins words or sentences together.”—­Ash cor. (21.) “The conjunction is that part of speech which connects sentences, or parts of sentences, or single words.”—­D.  Blair cor. (22.) “The conjunction is a part of speech that is used principally to connect sentences, so as, out of two, three, or more sentences, to make one.”—­Bucke cor. (23.) “The conjunction is a part of speech that is used to connect words or sentences together; but, chiefly, to join simple sentences into such as are compound.”—­Kirkham cor. (24.) “A conjunction is a word which joins words or sentences together, and shows the manner of their dependence, as they stand in connexion.”—­Brit.  Gram. et al. cor. (25.) “A preposition is a word used to show the relation between other words, and govern the subsequent term.”—­Gilbert cor. (26.) “A preposition is a governing word which serves to connect other words,