irregular verb
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But other people’s mental grammars see “greenlight” as a form of the verb “to light”, an existing irregular verb with the past tense “lit”; hence “greenlit”.
From Economist ● Sep. 22, 2016
Why pay so much attention to the lowly irregular verb?
From Time Magazine Archive
Bon mot: "In all languages the verb 'to disarm' seems to be an irregular verb."
From Time Magazine Archive
The irregular verb sum is so important for the conjugation of all other verbs that its inflection is given at the outset.
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
The verb substantive is generally dealt with as an irregular verb.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
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