Pro-verb
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A pro-form used to substitute for a verb or verb phrase.
"“They herd cattle, and raise corn, just as we used to do”; i.e., to herd cattle and raise corn. Do is sometimes thus used as a sort of pro-verb to represent an active verb or a phrase."
Example
More examples"“They herd cattle, and raise corn, just as we used to do”; i.e., to herd cattle and raise corn. Do is sometimes thus used as a sort of pro-verb to represent an active verb or a phrase."
Etymology
Formed in English of pro- (“substituting for”) + verb.
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