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START / NODE 660Present-Day English14th century–today
verb
A grammatical word class expressing action, occurrence, or state; English borrowed the label through Anglo-French from Latin verbum.
“Before verb named one grammatical class, Latin verbum could mean any word, utterance, expression, or discourse.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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00Present-Day English · attestedverb
a grammatical word class expressing action, occurrence, or state
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PARENT ROUTES1 REVIEWED RELATIONSHIP
Present-Day Englishverb
a grammatical word class expressing action, occurrence, or state
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Middle English · Middle English, 14th centuryverbeverb
- SOUND CHANGE
- English verb regularizes the Middle English final vowel away while preserving the learned stem.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- The specialized grammatical class remains central.
- SCHOLAR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- CONFIDENCE
- established
- CHRONOLOGY
- First known use is reported in the fourteenth century.
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RECONSTRUCTION IS
NOT INSCRIPTION.
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