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, walked; shout, shouted. (Compare irregular verb.)
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How to use regular verb in a sentence
He was an infant of moods and tenses, and those not of any regular verb.
The Minister's Wooing|Harriet Beecher StoweThe following is a complete paradigm of a regular verb, showing the various forms.
A Handbook of the Cornish Language|Henry JennerIt was a regular verb, unclebentley, unclebentleyed, unclebentleying.