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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  verb 
  n  1:  a  word  that  serves  as  the  predicate  of  a  sentence 
  2:  a  content  word  that  denotes  an  action  or  a  state 




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