Definitions for main verb
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
main′ verb′(n.)
a word used as the final verb in a verb phrase, expressing the lexical meaning of the verb phrase, as drink in I don't drink, going in I am going, or spoken in
We have spoken.
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main verb(Noun)
the verb in a clause with the highest semantic content
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