Sing. I have, : Prefent Tenfe. thou have, he have. Plur. We have, you have, they have. First Preterite as in the Indicative. Second Preterite. Sing. I have had, thou have had, he have had. Plur. We have had, you have had, they have had. The reft as in the Indicative. Infinitive Mood. Prefent, To have. Preterite, to have had. Future, to be about to have. Participle Present, having. Participle past, having had. Participle Future, being about to have. It is to be observed on this Verb, thus conjugated, that so much of the several Forms as is printed in Italicks remains the fame in every Verb of the Active Voice. For the only Difference betwen the Verb to have, and other Verbs of this Voice, is, that one of the Roots of fome other Verb is ufed instead of the Roots, have, had, and having, in the feveral Tenfes in which these Roots appear in Roman Characters. The The Form + bath may be used on any folemn Occafon; as in a Sermon, or wherefoever it is intended to imitate the Stile of the Scriptures; but has is to be used on other Occafions. also be used instead of may you, on any Occafion of the like Nature with the former; but you is to be ufed on other Occafions. Any Name of the Singular Number and third Perfon may be fubftituted inftead of be in the third Perfon Singular of this or any other Verb: And any Name of the Plural Number and third Perfon may be substituted instead of they in the third Person Plural of this or any other Verb. The Forms to be about, being about, which are fet down in the Future of the Infinitive Mood, and in the Future Participle, are little ufed at prefent: For the Participle going is now commonly made Ufe of inftead of about; as, to be going to have: But this is only in the Language Converfation. It is almost unneceffary to obferve, that the whole Prefent Tenfe of the Indicative Mood of this Verb confitutes the Signs of the fecond Preterite; the firft Preterite thofe of the Pluperfect; and the firft Future, thofe of the fecond Future; and fo, in the Potential Mood, the Prefent Tenfe becomes the Signs of the Preterite ; and the whole first Indefinite, thofe of the fecond Indefinite. The Manner of conjugating the Verb to be. Indicative |