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finite verb
[ fahy-nahyt vurb ]
noun
, Grammar.
- a verb form that distinguishes person, number, and tense, as well as mood or aspect: in She works from home, the verb works indicates a third-person singular subject ( she ), present tense, and indicative mood, the mood used for ordinary statements and questions about facts. Compare infinitive ( def 1a ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of finite verb1
First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences
(a) The nominative, as in Modern English, is the case of the subject of a finite verb.
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When “that” signifies “in order that,” the ordinary finite verb is used after it.
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It is difficult to convey the force of the infinitives in combination with participles and the finite verb in ver.
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It should not, strictly speaking, be rendered with a finite verb.
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Using these as auxiliaries the finite verb makes a whole series of periphrastic tenses.
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