Definitions for: Is

Webster (1913) Definition: Is-
See Iso-.

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.

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