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[vəːb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French verbe or Latin verbum ‘word, verb’


[vəːb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- use (a word that is not conventionally used as a verb, typically a noun) as a verb
(e.g: any English noun can be verbed, but some are more resistant than others)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French verbe or Latin verbum ‘word, verb’




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