finite verb

American  

[fahy-nahyt vurb] / ˈfaɪ naɪt ˌvɜrb /

noun

Grammar.

1. a verb form that distinguishes person, number, and tense, as well as mood or aspect: in She works from home, the verb works indicates a third-person singular subject (she ), present tense, and indicative mood, the mood used for ordinary statements and questions about facts.

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Etymology

Origin of finite verb

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

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finite verb

But, according to Rule 2d, "A noun or a pronoun which is the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

This construction is translated into English, and other modern tongues, sometimes literally, or nearly so, but much oftener, by a nominative and a finite verb.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

The Infinitive Mood is governed in general by the preposition TO, which commonly connects it to a finite verb.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

A Noun or a Pronoun which is the subject of a finite verb, must be in the nominative case.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

Every sentence, you recollect, must have one finite verb, or more than one, and one nominative, either expressed or implied, for, without them, no sentence can exist.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham