verb Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
  2. noun a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence

WordNet

Verb noun
Etymology
F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.
Definitions
  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. ✍ A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. Earle.

Webster 1913