Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]

1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.]

--South.

2. (Gram.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing; a part of speech expressing being, action, or the suffering of action.

Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. --Earle.

Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)