Definition of Verb. Meaning of Verb. Synonyms of Verb

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Definition of Verb

Verb
Verb Verb, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.] 1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South. 2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action. Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. --Earle. Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.

Meaning of Verb from wikipedia

- Adyghe verbs Arabic verbs Ancient Gr**** verbs Basque verbs Bulgarian verbs Chinese verbs English verbs Finnish verb conjugation French verbs German verbs Germanic...
- A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestion, order,...
- An auxiliary verb (abbreviated aux) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect...
- Look up strong verb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Strong verb may refer to: Germanic strong verb, a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes...
- often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case. A verb that is a co**** is sometimes called a co****tive or co****r verb. In English...
- Look up weak verb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Weak verb may refer to: Germanic weak verb, verbs in Germanic languages that form their preterites...
- formed around a verb in the present or preterite form. In clauses with auxiliary verbs, they are the finite verbs and the main verb is treated as a subordinate...
- transitive verb is a verb that entails one or more transitive objects, for example, 'enjoys' in Amadeus enjoys music. This contrasts with intransitive verbs, which...
- ****anese verbs, like the verbs of many other languages, can be morphologically modified to change their meaning or grammatical function – a process known...
- Appendix:English modal verbs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The English modal auxiliary verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to...