1.  verb(n = noun.communication) - the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence;
is a kind of major form class
is a part of verb
is a member of conjugation
has particulars: auxiliary verb, infinitive, participial, participle, phrasal verb, transitive, transitive verb, transitive verb form, intransitive, intransitive verb, intransitive verb form
Derived forms adjective verbal₃, verb verbify₁

2.  verb(n = noun.communication) - a content word that denotes an action, occurrence, or state of existence;
is a kind of content word, open-class word
has parts: verb
has particulars: reflexive verb, copula, copulative, linking verb, frequentative
Derived forms adjective verbal₃, verb verbify₁

1.  A word; a vocable. South. [1913 Webster]

2.  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]
" A verb is a word whereby the chief action of the mind [the assertion or the denial of a proposition] finds expression. Earle. " Earle. [1913 Webster]

verb, n. Gram. a word used to indicate an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence (e.g. hear, become, happen).

Etymology:
ME f. OF verbe or L verbum word, verb

auxiliary verb, doubly transitive verb, doubly transitive verb form, intransitive verb, intransitive verb form, linking verb, modal auxiliary verb, object of the verb, phrasal verb, reflexive verb, transitive verb, transitive verb form, verb phrase