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irregular verb

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  1. A verb in which the past tense is not formed by adding the usual -ed ending. Examples of irregular verbs are sing (past tense sang); feel (felt); and go (went). (Compare regular 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

Bon mot: "In all languages the verb 'to disarm' seems to be an irregular verb."

From Time Magazine Archive

Why pay so much attention to the lowly irregular verb?

From Time Magazine Archive

It will be noticed in the final segment of this listing, beginning with Y, Rodriguez makes no effort to distinguish among Kami-ichidan, kami-nidan, and the irregular verb Ki 'to come.'

From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.

Read, an irregular verb active, infinitive mood, pres. tense, with the sign to understood, referring to you as its agent.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

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