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regular verb

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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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He was an infant of moods and tenses, and those not of any regular verb.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various

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

From Greek in a Nutshell by James Strong

It was a regular verb, unclebentley, unclebentleyed, unclebentleying.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) by Marshall Pinckney Wilder

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 Samuel Kirkham

A regular verb is a verb that forms the preterit and the perfect participle by assuming d or ed.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

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