Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To use any word that is or was not a verb (especially a noun) as if it were a verb. · Used as a placeholder for any verb.
A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being. · Any word; a vocable. · An action as opposed to a trait or thing. · A named command that performs a specific operation on an object.
From Middle English verbe, directly from Latin verbum (“word, verb”), reinforced by Old French verbe, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰo-. Doublet of verve and word.
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