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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1531-1570
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Verb(e, n. [ME and e.m.E. verbe (1388), verb (1655), OF verbe, L. verbum.] A verb. — 1531 Vaus in Grant Burgh Schools 53.
Trahuntur ar drawyn ab hoc verbo passiuo, fra this verbe passiue 1531 Vaus (1531) 2.
How mony gener of verbs is thare? fiue … The verbe actiue: ane verbe passiue: ane verbe neutir: ane verbe deponent: and ane verbe comone 1531 Vaus (1531) 4.
Verbis that in finite modis copulis lyik nominatiue cais, in thare infinite thai may coppill nominatiue cais c1554 Misc. Bann. C. II 29.
Ane grammatical disputatioun quhidder harbargary be ane verb or ane nowne 1563-1570 Buch. Wr. 8.
He sal declair euery word, and cause thayme to writ severally all the nounes and the verbes that be in thair lesson
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