regular verb
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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
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 Brown, Goold
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
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
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 Brown, Goold
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