principal parts
principal parts
noun plDefinition of PRINCIPAL PARTS
: a series of verb forms from which all the other forms of a verb can be derived including in English the infinitive, the past tense, and the present and past participles
First Known Use of PRINCIPAL PARTS
1870
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