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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IS, v.i. iz. [L. est.] The third person singular of the substantive verb, which is composed of three or four distinct roots, which appear in the words am, be, are, and is. Is and was coincide with the Latin esse, and Goth.wesan. In the indicative, present tense, it is thus varied; I am, thou art, he, she, or it, is; we, ye or you, they, are. In writing and speaking, the vowel is often dropped; as, he's gone; there's none left.

Merriam Webster's

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Merriam Webster's

I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German ist is (from s?n to be), Latin est (from esse to be), Greek esti (from einai to be) present third singular of be dialect present first & second singular of be dialect present plural of be II. abbreviation island; isle

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation see Isa

Oxford Reference Dictionary

3rd sing. present of BE.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Is Is, v. i. [AS. is; akin to G. & Goth. ist, L. est, Gr. ?, Skr. asti. [root]9. Cf. Am, Entity, Essence, Absent.] The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be. Note: In some varieties of the Northern dialect of Old English, is was used for all persons of the singular. For thy is I come, and eke Alain. --Chaucer. Aye is thou merry. --Chaucer. Note: The idiom of using the present for future events sure to happen is a relic of Old English in which the present and future had the same form; as, this year Christmas is on Friday. To-morrow is the new moon. --1 Sam. xx. 5.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Is is the third person singular of the present tense of be. Is is often added to other words and shortened to -'s.

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