'Auxiliary verb' definitions:
Definition of 'auxiliary verb'
From: WordNet
noun
A verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
Definition of 'Auxiliary verb'
From: GCIDE
- Verb \Verb\, n. [F. verbe, L. verbum a word, verb. See Word.]
- 1. A word; a vocable. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. --Earle. [1913 Webster]
- Active verb, Auxiliary verb, Neuter verb, etc. See Active, Auxiliary, Neuter, etc. [1913 Webster]