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Part of speech that conveys an action
Adyghe verbs Arabic verbs Ancient Greek verbs Basque verbs Bulgarian verbs Chinese verbs English verbs Finnish verb conjugation French verbs German verbs Germanic
Verb
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up strong verb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Strong verb may refer to: Germanic strong verb, a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes
Strong_verb
Class of auxiliary verbs in English that lack untensed forms
Appendix:English modal verbs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The English modal auxiliary verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to
English_modal_auxiliary_verbs
Sentence constituent
In linguistics, a verb phrase (VP) is a syntactic unit composed of a verb and its arguments except the subject of an independent clause or coordinate
Verb_phrase
Sentence structure; the default word order in English
In linguistic typology, subject–verb–object (SVO) is a sentence structure where the subject comes first, the verb second, and the object third. Languages
Subject–verb–object word order
Subject–verb–object_word_order
German verbs may be classified as either weak, with a dental consonant inflection, or strong, showing a vowel gradation (ablaut). Both of these are regular
German_verbs
Transitive verb, to search using Google
dominance of the Google search engine, to google has become a transitive verb. The neologism commonly refers to searching for information on the World
Google_(verb)
Grammar concept
In traditional grammar and guide books, a linking verb is a verb that describes the subject by connecting it to a predicate adjective or predicate noun
Linking_verb
Feature of language
In linguistic typology, a subject–object–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that
Subject–object–verb word order
Subject–object–verb_word_order
Verbs in the English language
Verbs constitute one of the main parts of speech (word classes) in the English language. Like other types of words in the language, English verbs are
English_verbs
Verb adding grammatical meaning rather than content meaning
An auxiliary verb (abbreviated aux) is a verb that adds functional or grammatical meaning to the clause in which it occurs, so as to express tense, aspect
Auxiliary_verb
Type of verb, such as "might", that is used to indicate modality
A modal verb is a type of verb that contextually indicates a modality such as a likelihood, ability, permission, request, capacity, suggestion, order,
Modal_verb
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up weak verb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Weak verb may refer to: Germanic weak verb, verbs in Germanic languages that form their preterites
Weak_verb
Functional part of speech in most languages
often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case. A verb that is a copula is sometimes called a copulative or copular verb. In English
Copula_(linguistics)
Creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection
derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection (alteration of form according to rules of grammar). For instance, the verb break can be conjugated
Grammatical_conjugation
Concept in English grammar
traditional grammar of Modern English, a phrasal verb typically constitutes a single semantic unit consisting of a verb followed by a particle (e.g., turn down
English_phrasal_verbs
Verb form modifying a noun or noun phrase
partaking'; abbr. ptcp) is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives. More narrowly, participle
Participle
Verb that has no determinate subject
linguistics, an impersonal verb is one that has no determinate subject. For example, in the sentence "It rains", rain is an impersonal verb and the pronoun it
Impersonal_verb
Verb form that can complete an independent clause by itself
A finite verb is a verb that contextually complements a subject, which can be either explicit (like in the English indicative) or implicit (like in null
Finite_verb
Verb that does not entail a direct object
In grammar, an intransitive verb is a verb, aside from an auxiliary verb, whose context does not entail a transitive object. That lack of an object distinguishes
Intransitive_verb
Classification of verbs by regularity of inflection
regular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs. A verb whose
Regular_and_irregular_verbs
Two main types of verbs in the Japanese language
language has two main types of verbs: godan verbs, or quinquegrade verbs (五段動詞, godan-dōshi), and ichidan verbs, or unigrade verbs (一段動詞, ichidan-dōshi). Categories
Japanese godan and ichidan verbs
Japanese_godan_and_ichidan_verbs
Verb whose direct object is the same as its subject
reflexive verb is, loosely, a verb whose direct object is the same as its subject, for example, "I wash myself". More generally, a reflexive verb has the
Reflexive_verb
Verbs of the Hungarian language
This page is about verbs in Hungarian grammar. There is basically only one pattern for verb endings, with predictable variations dependent on the phonological
Hungarian_verbs
Grammatical category for verbs
grammar, the voice (or diathesis) of a verb describes the relationship between the action (or state) that the verb expresses and the participants identified
Voice_(grammar)
Important set of words in the Basque language
The verb is one of the most complex parts of Basque grammar. It is sometimes represented as a difficult challenge for learners of the language, and many
Basque_verbs
Verbs in the Spanish language
is typical of verbs in virtually all languages, Spanish verbs express an action or a state of being of a given subject, and like verbs in most Indo-European
Spanish_verbs
Grammar of the Standard Chinese language
subject–object–verb languages, such as Turkish and Japanese. Chinese frequently uses serial verb constructions, which involve two or more verbs or verb phrases
Chinese_grammar
West Germanic language
formed around a verb in the present or preterite form. In clauses with auxiliary verbs, they are the finite verbs and the main verb is treated as a subordinate
English_language
Verb that entails a transitive object
transitive verb is a verb that entails one or more transitive objects, for example, 'enjoys' in Amadeus enjoys music. This contrasts with intransitive verbs, which
Transitive_verb
Overview of how Japanese verbs conjugate
Japanese conjugation, like the conjugation of verbs of many other languages, allows verbs to be morphologically modified to change their meaning or grammatical
Japanese_conjugation
Language component
Gothic verbs have the most complex conjugation of any attested Germanic language. Most categories reconstructed for the Proto-Germanic verb system are
Gothic_verbs
Using 'do' in negated clauses, questions, and other constructions
do-insertion or periphrastic do) in English grammar is the use of the auxiliary verb do (or one of its inflected forms, e.g. does) to form negated clauses and
Do-support
Small set of grammatically distinctive verbs of English
auxiliary verbs are a small set of English verbs, which include the English modal auxiliary verbs and a few others. Although the auxiliary verbs of English
English_auxiliary_verbs
Modern standard English has various verb forms, including: Finite verb forms such as go, goes and went Nonfinite forms such as (to) go, going and gone
Uses_of_English_verb_forms
verb is the most inflected part of speech. Verbs are typically head final and are conjugated for tense, person, number, etc. Some of Circassian verbs
Adyghe_verbs
Verbs with less common conjugations in English
As a Germanic language, the English language has many irregular verbs, overwhelmingly of Germanic origin, except for some words such as catch, approaching
English_irregular_verbs
Part of Korean grammar class
Verbs in the Korean language come in last place in a clause. Verbs are the most complex part of speech, and a properly conjugated verb may stand on its
Korean_verbs
Verb that can be used transitively or intransitively
In general linguistics, a labile verb (or ergative / diffused / ambivalent verb) is a verb that undergoes causative alternation; that is, it can be used
Labile_verb
Verb that describes a state of being
In linguistics, a stative verb is a verb that describes a state of being, in contrast to a dynamic verb, which describes an action. The difference can
Stative_verb
Verb which takes a subject and two objects
In grammar, a ditransitive (or bitransitive) verb is a transitive verb whose contextual use corresponds to a subject and two objects which refer to a
Ditransitive_verb
Verbs in the Arabic language
Arabic verbs (فِعْل fiʿl; pl. أَفْعَال afʿāl), like the verbs in other Semitic languages, and the entire vocabulary in those languages, are based on a
Arabic_verbs
Verbs in the Slovene language
In Slovene grammar, verbs are a part of speech. Slovene has three grammatical numbers: singular, dual, plural. It also has three grammatical persons:
Slovene_verbs
Verbs in the Hindi and Urdu languages
Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu) verbs conjugate according to mood, tense, person, number, and gender. Hindustani inflection is markedly simpler in comparison
Hindustani_verbs
Language classification
object–subject–verb (OSV) or object–agent–verb (OAV) word order is a structure where the object of a sentence precedes both the subject and the verb. Although
Object–subject–verb word order
Object–subject–verb_word_order
English verb
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The verb go is an irregular verb in the English language (see English irregular verbs). It has a wide range of uses; its
Go_(verb)
Verb with incomplete conjugation
In linguistics, a defective verb is a verb that either lacks a conjugated form or entails incomplete conjugation, and thus cannot be conjugated for certain
Defective_verb
Rare permutation of word order
typology, object–verb–subject (OVS) or object–verb–agent (OVA) is a rare permutation of word order. OVS denotes the sequence object–verb–subject in unmarked
Object–verb–subject word order
Object–verb–subject_word_order
This is a list of irregular verbs in the English language. For each verb listed, the citation form (the bare infinitive) is given first, with a link to
List of English irregular verbs
List_of_English_irregular_verbs
Verbs in the Romance family of languages
Romance verbs are the most inflected part of speech in the language family. In the transition from Latin to the Romance languages, verbs went through many
Romance_verbs
For non-native speakers, verb conjugation in Georgian presents a number of challenges since verbs in Georgian present numerous idiosyncracies and wide
Georgian_conjugation
Grammatical component
verb, vector verb, explicator verb, thin verb, empty verb and semantically weak verb. While light verbs are similar to auxiliary verbs regarding their
Light_verb
Concept in linguistics
term negative verb or negative auxiliary refers to an auxiliary verb whose function is to negate the clause in which it occurs. Negative verbs are similar
Negative_verb
Type of inflection in Germanic languages
Germanic languages, a strong verb is a verb that marks its past tense by means of changes to the stem vowel. A minority of verbs in any Germanic language
Germanic_strong_verb
Verbs that can't complete a clause (such as "going" or "to live")
Nonfinite verbs are verb forms that do not show tense, person, or number. They include: Infinitives (e.g., to go, to see), which are the base forms of verbs, and
Nonfinite_verb
Arabic variety spoken in Egypt
verbs, especially derived (i.e. non-Form-I) verbs. Some verb classes do not have a regular verbal noun form; rather, the verbal noun varies from verb
Egyptian_Arabic
Construction of verb compounds in some languages
The serial verb construction, also known as (verb) serialization or verb stacking, is a syntactic phenomenon in which two or more verbs or verb phrases are
Serial_verb_construction
Sentence composed of homonyms
(equivalent to "buffaloes" or "buffalos"), in order to avoid articles. v. the verb "buffalo" meaning to outwit, confuse, deceive, intimidate, or baffle. The
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
Class of intransitive verb
In linguistics, an unergative verb is an intransitive verb that takes a subject argument which is a semantic agent, and actively initiates, and takes responsibility
Unergative_verb
Verbs in the Persian language
Persian verbs (Persian: فعلهای فارسی, romanized: Fe’lhā-ye fārsi, pronounced [feʔlˈhɒːje fɒːɾˈsiː]) or (Persian: کارواژه, romanized: Kār-vāzhe) are very
Persian_verbs
Parts of speech in Catalan grammar
and transcription delimiters. This article discusses the conjugation of verbs in a number of varieties of Catalan-Valencian, including Old Catalan. Each
Catalan_verbs
Verb conjugation in Modern Hebrew grammar
In Hebrew, verbs, which take the form of derived stems, are conjugated to reflect their tense and mood, as well as to agree with their subjects in gender
Modern_Hebrew_verbs
Verb that is active in meaning but takes its form from a different voice
deponent verb is a verb that is active in meaning but takes its form from a different voice, most commonly the middle or passive. A deponent verb has no
Deponent_verb
Expression of time reference in grammar
reference. Tenses are usually manifested by the use of specific forms of verbs, particularly in their conjugation patterns. The main tenses found in many
Grammatical_tense
Word order common in Germanic languages
In syntax, verb-second (V2) word order is a sentence structure in which the finite verb of a sentence or a clause is placed in the clause's second position
V2_word_order
Overview of conjugation in French
Conjugation is the variation in the endings of verbs (inflections) depending on the person (I, you, we, etc), tense (present, future, etc.) and mood (indicative
French_conjugation
Bulgarian verbs are the most complicated part of Bulgarian grammar, especially when compared with other Slavic languages. Bulgarian verbs are inflected
Bulgarian_verbs
English grammatical process
Subject–verb inversion in English is a type of inversion marked by a predicate verb that precedes a corresponding subject, e.g., "Beside the bed stood
Subject–verb inversion in English
Subject–verb_inversion_in_English
Intransitive Verbs Bivalent Intransitive Verbs Bivalent Transitive Verbs Trivalent Ditransitive Verbs A fundamental rule of Circassian grammar is that a verb can
Circassian_verb_transitivity
verb is the most inflected part of speech. Verbs are typically head final and are conjugated for tense, person, number, etc. Some of Circassian verbs
Kabardian_verbs
grammar, the set of inflected forms of a French verb is called the verb's conjugation. French verbs have a large number of simple (one-word) forms. These
French_verb_morphology
Linguistic component of Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek verbs have four moods (indicative, imperative, subjunctive and optative), three voices (active, middle and passive), as well as three persons
Ancient_Greek_verbs
Pattern relating to the subject and object of verbs
subject of an intransitive verb behaves like the object of a transitive verb, and differently from the subject of a transitive verb. All known ergative languages
Ergative–absolutive_alignment
Concept in linguistics
In linguistics, verb-framing and satellite-framing are typological descriptions of a way that verb phrases in a language can describe the path of motion
Verb_framing
Aspect of verb grammar
that change verbs into their causative forms or change adjectives into verbs of becoming. Other languages employ periphrasis, with control verbs, idiomatic
Causative
Romanian verbs are highly inflected in comparison to English verbs, but markedly simple in comparison to Latin, from which Romanian has inherited its
Romanian_verbs
Verb formed from a noun
Look up denominal verb in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In grammar, denominal verbs are verbs derived from nouns. Many languages have regular morphological
Denominal_verb
Concept in linguistics
In linguistics, an unaccusative verb is an intransitive verb that takes a subject argument which is not a semantic agent, and does not actively initiate
Unaccusative_verb
Grammatical category expressing how a verb extends over time
which is an inherent feature of verbs or verb phrases and is determined by the nature of the situation that the verb describes. The most fundamental aspectual
Grammatical_aspect
Grammatical feature of verbs
In linguistics, grammatical mood is a grammatical feature of verbs, used for signaling modality. In other words, it is the use of verbal inflections that
Grammatical_mood
Multi-word compound that functions as a single verb
compound verb or complex predicate is a multi-word compound that functions as a single verb. One component of the compound is a light verb or vector
Compound_verb
Physical activity program
VERB was a physical activity program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Government. It included print, online, and
VERB_(program)
Captative verbs indicate catching and hunting of a specific animal or other target, e.g. English to fish. Usually captatives are not separately marked
Captative_verb
Word order in which the verb comes before the object
Verb–object word order (VO) is a word order where the verb typically comes before the object. About 53% of documented languages have this order. For example
Verb–object_word_order
Nonfinite verb form
a gerund (/ˈdʒɛrənd, -ʌnd/ abbreviated ger) is any of various nonfinite verb forms in various languages; most often, but not exclusively, it is one that
Gerund
Form of present continuous
continuous, also called the present progressive or present imperfect, is a verb form used in modern English that combines the present tense with the continuous
Present_continuous
Verb with a prefix which separates from the core verb in certain positions in a sentence
A separable verb is a verb that is composed of a lexical core and a separable particle. In some sentence positions, the core verb and the particle appear
Separable_verb
Irregular verbs in the Spanish language
Spanish verbs are a complex area of Spanish grammar, with many combinations of tenses, aspects and moods (up to fifty conjugated forms per verb). Although
Spanish_irregular_verbs
descendants the elaborate verbal morphology of Proto-Indo-European. Sanskrit verbs thus have an inflection system for different combinations of tense, aspect
Sanskrit_verbs
System of word ordering
In linguistic typology, a verb–subject–object (VSO) language has its most typical sentences arrange their elements in that order, as in Ate Sam apples
Verb–subject–object word order
Verb–subject–object_word_order
Verb that is both transitive and intransitive
ambitransitive verb is a verb that is both intransitive and transitive. This verb may or may not require a direct object. English has many ambitransitive verbs. Examples
Ambitransitive_verb
Type of verb indicating more than just grammar
linguistics a lexical verb or main verb is a member of an open class of verbs that includes all verbs except auxiliary verbs. Lexical verbs typically express
Lexical_verb
Grammar of the English language
prepositions, and by the "Saxon genitive or English possessive" (-'s). Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs are open classes – word classes that readily accept
English_grammar
Type of verb in Germanic languages
Germanic languages, weak verbs are by far the largest group of verbs, and are therefore often regarded as the norm (the regular verbs). They are distinguished
Germanic_weak_verb
Verb that describes a continued or progressive action
dynamic verb is a verb that refers to continued or progressive action on the part of the subject, also known as an active verb, action verb, eventive verb or
Dynamic_verb
Repetition of one expression as part of another one
can occur before a verb of saying or after a verb of saying. It can trigger inversion of the verb and the verb's subject. Subject-verb inversion occurs
Quotation
Grammatical mood
Imperative mood is often expressed using special conjugated verb forms. Like other finite verb forms, imperatives often inflect for person and number. Second-person
Imperative_mood
Subfield of linguistic semantics
of intransitive verbs have two different syntactic structures. These are unaccusative verbs and unergative verbs. These classes of verbs are defined by
Lexical_semantics
Turkic language
agglutination and is generally very regular. The basic word order is subject–object–verb. Turkish has no noun classes or grammatical gender. Other notable grammatical
Turkish_language
One of the Norwegian language standards
strong and weak verbs. The weak verbs are further divided into different categories: a-verbs, j-verbs, short verbs and e-verbs (some e-verbs with -de in the
Nynorsk
VERB
VERB
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish (of French origin)
English and Scottish (of French origin) : habitational name from La Tranche in Poitou, so named from the Old French topographical term trenche, a derivative of the verb trenchier ‘to cut’, which denoted both a ditch and a track cut through a forest. The term is also found in Middle English, and in some cases the surname could be of topographic origin or from minor place, such as The Trench in Kent, named with this word.The Trench family that hold the earldom of Clancarty trace their descent from Frederic de la Tranche, who settled in Northumbria from France c.1575. They became established in Ireland in the 17th century, when Frederick Trench went there and purchased an estate in Galway in 1631.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a hardener of metals or a baker, from an agent derivative of Middle English harde(n); this verb is known to have been used with reference to metals and to heating dough.North German, Frisian, and Danish : from a personal name, Harder, Herder.South German : topographic name or habitational name from any of the places named with Middle High German hart ‘woodland used as pasture’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a dyer of cloth, Middle English dyer (from Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). This surname also occurs in Scotland, but Lister is a more common equivalent there.Irish (Counties Sligo and Roscommon) : usually a short form of MacDyer, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Duibhir ‘son of Duibhir’, a short form of a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘dark’, ‘black’ + odhar ‘sallow’, ‘tawny’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Dutch
English and Dutch : occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. (The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.)Swiss and German : habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains and Silesia) or Tann (southern Germany).Finnish : topographic or ornamental name from Finnish tanner ‘open field’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name, probably for a trimmer of cloth. The verb trim is not attested in its modern sense before the early 16th century, but the surname form William le Trymmere is found in the 14th century, and this seems to be continuous with Old English trymian, trymman ‘to strengthen or confirm’ (from trum ‘strong’, ‘firm’).
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly East Anglia)
English (mainly East Anglia) : occupational name for someone who made silk thread from raw silk, from an agent derivative of Middle English thrÅw(en) (Old English þrÄwan ‘to twist’). From the 13th century the verb began to be used in its modern sense, including throwing clay in pottery, and so in some cases the surname may have originated as an occupational name for a potter.
Surname or Lastname
English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Simón), Czech and Slovak (Šimon), Slovenian, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish (Simón), Czech and Slovak (Å imon), Slovenian, Hungarian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from the personal name, Hebrew Shim‘on, which is probably derived from the verb sham‘a ‘to hearken’. In the Vulgate and in many vernacular versions of the Old Testament, this is usually rendered Simeon. In the Greek New Testament, however, the name occurs as SimÅn, as a result of assimilation to the pre-existing Greek byname SÄ«mÅn (from sÄ«mos ‘snub-nosed’). Both Simon and Simeon were in use as personal names in western Europe from the Middle Ages onward. In Christendom the former was always more popular, at least in part because of its associations with the apostle Simon Peter, the brother of Andrew. In Britain there was also confusion from an early date with Anglo-Scandinavian forms of Sigmund (see Siegmund), a name whose popularity was reinforced at the Conquest by the Norman form Simund.The earliest documented bearer of the surname Simon in New France came from the Saintonge region of France and was in Montreal by 1655. Another, from Paris, is recorded in Quebec City in 1659 with the secondary surname Lapointe.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : probably a variant of Jelley.German and Frisian : from a Germanic personal name composed with gelt-, cognate with the verb gelten ‘sacrifice’, ‘repay’.Norwegian : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old French verb fourbir ‘to burnish’, ‘to furbish’ (a word of Germanic origin), an occupational name for a polisher of metal, in particular someone employed by an armorer to put the finishing touches to his work.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a winder of wool, from an agent derivative of Middle English winde(n) ‘to wind’ (Old English windan ‘to go’, ‘to proceed’). The verb was also used in the Middle Ages of various weaving and plaiting processes, so that in some cases the name may have referred to a basket or hurdle maker.English : habitational name from any of the various minor places in northern England so called, from Old English vindr ‘wind’ + erg ‘hut’, ‘shelter’, i.e. a shelter against the wind.English : John Winder is recorded in Somerset Co., MD, in 1665. William Henry Winder, born in the county in 1775, was blamed for the military defeat that led to the British burning of Washington, DC, in 1814; his son John Henry Winder (b. 1800) was a confederate general who was commander of southern military prisons.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kentish)
English (Kentish) : occupational name for a maker or seller of pilches, from an agent derivative of Pilch. In early 17th-century English, pilcher was a popular term of abuse, being confused or punningly associated with the unrelated verb pilch ‘to steal’ and with the unrelated noun pilchard, a kind of fish.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a worker in the linen or hemp industry, from Middle English swingle ‘swingle’, a wooden implement used for beating flax or hemp (Middle Dutch swinghel, from the verb ‘to swing’).Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Zwingel, a topographic name from Middle High German zwingel ‘citadel’.
Surname or Lastname
Jewish (Ashkenazic)
Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a cantor in a synagogue, from Yiddish zinger ‘singer’.English : variant of Sanger 2, in fact a Middle English recoinage from the verb sing(en) ‘to sing’.German : variant of Sänger (see Sanger 1) in the sense of ‘poet’.Isaac Merrit Singer, inventor of the eponymous sewing machine, was born in 1811 in Pittstown, NY, the son of German immigrant Adam Reisinger. He had five wives and fathered 24 children. Singer, who incorporated his company as the Singer Manufacturing Company in 1864, left a fortune worth $13 million to his various heirs.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for someone who constructed or repaired roofs, from an agent derivative of Middle English roof (Old English hrÅf). In the Middle Ages roofs might be thatched with reeds or straw, or covered with tiles, slates, or wooden shingles.German and English : nickname for an unscrupulous individual, from Middle Low German rÅver ‘pirate’, ‘robber’, Middle English rover. The English verb rove ‘to wander’ is probably a back-formation from this, and is not attested before the 16th century, so it is unlikely to lie behind any examples of the surname.German : variant of Röver (see Roever).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin. Early examples, as for example William Spring (Yorkshire 1280), all point to a personal name or nickname, perhaps going back to an Old English byname derived from the verb springan ‘to jump or leap’ (see Springer 1). Alternatively, it could be a topographic name from Middle English spring ‘young wood’, ‘spring’. Compare Springer. Reaney derives the surname from the word denoting the season, although the word is not attested in this sense until the 16th century, the usual Middle English word being lenten. Compare Lenz. The surname has also been established in Ireland (County Kerry) for several centuries.German : from Middle High German sprinc, Middle Low German sprink ‘spring’, ‘well’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or well, or habitational name from Springe near Hannover.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Springer.John Spring emigrated from England and settled in Watertown, MA, in 1634.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (County Louth)
Irish (County Louth) : variant of Devine 1.English and French : variant of Devine 2.French : from devin ‘sorcerer’, ‘fortune teller’ (related to the verb deviner ‘to divine’, ‘foretell’).Russian : metronymic from deva ‘girl’, normally a designation of an illegitimate child. Sometimes it may be a patronymic from a nickname for an effeminate man.A Breton bearer of this name was married in Quebec city in 1692.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. In part it may be an Anglicized spelling of French Triplet, a reduced form of Tripelet, from a derivative of the Old French verb tripier ‘to hop’, ‘to skip’, hence a nickname for a dancer or acrobat.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearadhaigh ‘descendant of Fearadhach’, a personal name of uncertain origin, probably an adjective derivative of fear ‘man’.English : metonymic occupational name for a ferryman, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a ferry crossing on a river. Middle English feri ‘ferry’ is from Old Norse ferja ‘ferry’, ultimately cognate with the Old English verb ferian ‘to carry’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Hipswell in North Yorkshire, named in Old English possibly as ‘stream with stepping stones’; the first element may be from an unattested noun derivative hyppels of the verb hoppian ‘to hop’, and the second is wella, wiella ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from ‘The Leen’ (earlier Leon, ‘at the streams’) in Hereford or the Leen river in Nottinghamshire. Both are derived from a Celtic root verb lei- ‘flow’ (for example as in Welsh lliant ‘stream’).English : variant spelling of Lean.
VERB
VERB
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian
Dominion; Crown
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Kayley, KAYLEIGH means "slender."
Female
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Nechushta, NEHUSHTA means "brass." In the bible, this is the name of the wife of King Jehoiakim, the mother of Jehoiachin.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Pushp Mitra | பà¯à®·à¯à®ª-மிதà¯à®°
An ancient ruler
Boy/Male
Arabic, Australian
Good
Girl/Female
Tamil
Devavarnini | தேவாவாரà¯à®¨à¯€à®¨à¯€
Daughter of sage bharadvaja
Boy/Male
Latin
Dark skinned.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Maxson.
Boy/Male
Tamil
In front
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from James.
VERB
VERB
VERB
VERB
VERB
n.
The act of verberating; a beating or striking.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Verbalize
a.
Of or pertaining to words; verbal.
adv.
Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.
n.
The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage.
imp. & p. p.
of Verbenate
pl.
of Verbosity
v. t.
To convert into a verb; to verbify.
n.
The use of many words without necessity, or with little sense; a superabundance of words; verbosity; wordiness.
a.
Of or pertaining to a natural order (Verbenaceae) of gamopetalous plants of which Verbena is the type. The order includes also the black and white mangroves, and many plants noted for medicinal use or for beauty of bloom.
n.
The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression.
v. t.
To strew with verbena, or vervain, as in ancient sacrifices and rites.
adv.
In a verbal manner; orally.
imp. & p. p.
of Verbalize
n.
The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized.
a.
Abounding in words; using or containing more words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument.
n.
Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Verbenate
adv.
Word for word; verbatim.
v. i.
To be verbose.