Complete Definition of "impersonal verb"

English

Noun
en-noun|sg=impersonal verb

  1. linguistics A verb used only in the infinitive or in third-person singular. In third person, the subject is either implied or a dummy.

See also
defective verb
pedialite

tr:impersonal verb

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