Definition of verb

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Verb (n.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action..

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Verbosity :: Verbosity (n.) The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building..
Over :: Over (adv.) Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side; as, the boat is over..
#NAME? :: -en () A suffix signifying to make, to cause, used to form verbs from nouns and adjectives; as in strengthen, quicken, frighten. This must not be confused with -en corresponding in Old English to the AS. infinitive ending -an..
Participle :: Participle (n.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles..
Verbally :: Verbally (adv.) Word for word; verbatim.
Reecho :: Reecho (v. t.) To echo back; to reverberate again; as, the hills reecho the roar of cannon..
#NAME? :: -ly (a.) A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs, and denoting likeness or resemblance..
Letter :: Letter (n.) Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact signification or requirement.
Spat :: Spat (n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension..
Cap :: Cap (v. t.) To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs..
Prolepsis :: Prolepsis (n.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb..
Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo..
Heterosis :: Heterosis (n.) A figure of speech by which one form of a noun, verb, or pronoun, and the like, is used for another, as in the sentence: What is life to such as me?.
Wordiness :: Wordiness (n.) The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness..
Overbid :: Overbid (v. t.) To bid or offer beyond, or in excess of..
Diverb :: Diverb (n.) A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb.
Unipersonal :: Unipersonal (a.) Used in only one person, especially only in the third person, as some verbs; impersonal..
It :: It (pron.) As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk)..
Is :: Is (v. i.) The third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is a man. See Be..
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