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

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

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

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

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 Strong, James