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| Definition - A word that expresses action or being. |
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Example - In the phrase I run fast the word run is the verb. |
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Etymology - The word derives from the Old French verbe, part of speech that expresses action or being (from the Latin verbum, word). |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1388: "Sumtyme it mai wel be resoluid into a verbe of the same tens." (Wycliffite Bible Prol. xv. (1850) I. 57 ) |
