Verb
Verb , noun
[French verbe, Latin verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
1.
A word; a vocable. [Obsolete] — South
2.
(Grammar) 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.