finite verb

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noun

a verb form that distinguishes person, number, and tense, and also mood or aspect, as opens in She opens the door.

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Origin of finite verb

First recorded in 1785–95

Thus the adoption of any particular verb is a matter of taste, not a question of absolute correctness.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With|Nick Romeo|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The term “gestation,” for instance, is derived from the Latin verb gestāre, used to describe a mammal carrying a burden.
The Artificial Womb Will Change Feminism Forever|Samantha Allen|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As with any emergent technology where an action is involved, the brand becomes the verb.
The Zen of Yo|Dale Eisinger|August 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of the fuels we use to generate electricity —natural gas, oil, coal—are abundant yet finite.
Will Food Waste Power Your Home?|The Daily Beast|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“It is an outrage that DEA is using finite taxpayer dollars to impound legal industrial hemp seeds,” he said.
Kentucky Tells Feds: Hands Off Our Hemp!|Abby Haglage|May 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The verb (—) in the Hebrew, when connected with the name of God in different other passages, has the same import.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
Here ends Chaucer's portion of the translation, in the middle of an incomplete sentence, without any verb.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Observe that the word Christus has no verb following it; it is practically an objective case, governed by thanke in l. 168. '
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Both in the present passage and in the Pardoner's Prologue the verb to erme is used with the same sb., viz.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
To imitate finite excellence, is to aspire at excellence, even though but in part.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham