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  1. noun The part of speech that expresses existence, action, or occurrence in most languages.
  2. noun Any of the words belonging to this part of speech, as be, run, or conceive.
  3. noun A phrase or other construction used as a verb.

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gladden · blacken · liven · brighten · lighten · hearten · smarten · flatten · frighten · shorten · heighten

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  1. Middle English verbe, from Old French, from Latin verbum, word, verb (translation of Greek rhēma, word, verb); see wer-5 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from French verbe = Spanish Portuguese Italian verbo, from Latin verbum, a word, language, a verb, = English word, q. v.
 

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/vɛrb/
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