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Auxiliary verb   /ɑgzˈɪljəri vərb/   Listen
Auxiliary verb

noun
1.
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.



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... British, and signifies existent and enduring, having the same root as Jehovah; and yew is Welsh for it is, being one of the forms of the third person present indicative of the auxiliary verb bod, to be. Hence the yew-tree was planted in churchyards, not to indicate death, despair, but life, hope and assurance. It is one of our few evergreens, and is the most enduring of all, and clearly points out the Christian's hope ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 206, October 8, 1853 • Various


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