verb
Example Sentences
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According to the etymonline site, as a verb, it originally meant to “ridicule; deceive with a fabrication.”
From Salon
Mr. Drout analyzes with clarity and humor Tolkien’s fascination with Finnish grammar, the distinctive ways he uses pronouns and the particular verb tenses he favors.
Science experiments were performed, Latin verbs conjugated, multiplication tables recited, and spelling bees held.
From Literature
“Would anyone like to be quizzed on Latin verbs?” she asked halfheartedly.
From Literature
“The object or the predicate comes first, the verb is in the middle and then the subject comes at the end,” says Watkins.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
