regular verb

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1. A verb that follows standard patterns in its inflection. The past tense of a regular verb is formed by adding an -ed ending: walk, walk ed; shout, shout ed. (Compare irregular verb.)

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regular verb

I. A regular verb is a verb that forms the preterit and the perfect participle by assuming d or ed; as, love, loved, loving, loved.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

All the other forms follow the inflection of the regular verb.

From Greek in a Nutshell by Strong, James

When derived from a regular verb, it ends in ed, and corresponds with the imperfect tense; as, ruled, smiled: "The letter is written."

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

Certain verbs with vowel stems, as τιμά-ω, φιλέ-ω, δηλό-ω, by contraction with initial vowels in the personal endings assume forms not found in the regular verb paradigms.

From A Greek Primer For Beginners in New Testament Greek by Stearns, Wallace

But strew, I incline to think, is properly a regular verb only, though Wells and Worcester give it otherwise: if strewn has ever been proper, it seems now to be obsolete.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold