regular verb

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

Own, as now used, is either a pronominal adjective, as, "my own hand," or a regular verb thence derived, as, "to own a house."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

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

Yet as the participle do is never found prefixed to the Future Negative of any regular verb, it appears more agreeable to the analogy of conjugation to write this tense in its simplest form t�id.

From Elements of Gaelic Grammar by Stewart, Alexander

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