verb

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verb frequency
is153
be135
have115
do92
are83
''s70
was52
were47
make43
come41
am39
did37
let33
give32
say31
had28
go27
take27
know22
done20
speak19
hear19
being19
made18
enter18
bring18
tell15
put15
find15
does15
keep14
set14
saw13
look13
think12
pray12
lies12
swear11
stand11
see10
remember10
heard10
follow10
bear10
believe9
been9
came9
said8
lost8
live8
left8
leave8
has8
dost8
call8
brought8
beat8
hang7
fetch7
gone7
thank7
prithee7
thou7
lie6
cry6
drink6
fear6
got6
kiss6
lay6
fall6
lose6
run6
sit6
told6
want6
work6
met6
draw5
given5
fly5
fill5
drowned5
attend5
die5
comes5
born5
_5
having5
hath5
love5
lead5
sing5
living5
waked5
use5
speaks5
sleeps5
wish5
show5
open5
loved5
rest5
cried4
hid4
get4
drowning4
drown4
drawn4
command4
confined4
break4
beseech4
become4
looks4
laugh4
arrived4
makes4
sleep4
works4
wilt4
weep4
warrant4
suffer4
mark4
serve4
roaring4
recover4
prove4
needs4
seek4
found3
dwell3
embrace3
forget3
forgive3
forgot3
hate3
free3
goes3
help3
kept3
doth3
drop3
burn3
destroy3
depend3
cutting3
control3
continue3
carry3
methinks3
bound3
bite3
bid3
begins3
answer3
mean3
feel3
moping3
split3
moved3
windring3
turn3
trod3
torment3
thought3
thee3
taught3
talk3
strive3
stood3
spoke3
thine3
shake3
pluck3
obey3
seen3
perform3
play3
playing3
play''d3
quit3
remain3
sail3
seem3
hide2
gave2
hold2
heaved2
headed2
guard2
grow2
grant2
ebbing2
following2
feed2
ere2
enforce2
eat2
howling2
dropp''d2
hope2
maid2
hurried2
hurt2
dispersed2
means2
meet2
makest2
like2
learn2
landed2
known2
knock2
kneel2
kill2
join2
infect2
inclined2
in''t2
doubt2
arise2
discharge2
calls2
bringing2
breathes2
bore2
bless2
bestow2
beheld2
begin2
beest2
awaked2
attended2
assure2
assist2
ask2
abide2
miss2
broke2
cast2
dies2
catch2
deny2
dare2
curse2
crown2
created2
crack2
comfort2
clustering2
choose2
cheated2
chase2
charmed2
charge2
celebrate2
cease2
melt2
awake2
move2
thrust2
taste2
talking2
taken2
sworn2
swim2
supplant2
suffered2
sucks2
struck2
strike2
steal2
standing2
spoken2
smile2
sitting2
teach2
touch2
singing2
touch''d2
moving2
yond2
yield2
wound2
wore2
whiles2
wherefore2
went2
wast2
waking2
wake2
visit2
twixt2
tremble2
tread2
sink2
tender2
shows2
perform''d2
printed2
preserve2
presented2
pour2
played2
pinch''d2
perish''d2
pay2
promise2
pardon''d2
painted2
paid2
omit2
mudded2
show''d2
note2
proceed2
pile2
sees2
ride2
seized2
raised2
seems2
scout2
scaped2
says2
roar2
save2
retire2
restore2
remove2
relieve2
release2
rejoice2
fight1
farewell1
firing1
felt1
fellows1
fell1
fear''d1
fated1
eyed1
fares1
fare1
falls1
fallen1
fain1
fails1
faded1
fished1
fish1
frees1
flame1
forgetting1
extirpate1
fringed1
fright1
freckled1
fraughting1
forsworn1
form1
forgets1
flamed1
foretold1
foresees1
foot1
follow''d1
foaming1
flung1
flow1
eye1
driven1
extend1
durst1
enchanted1
enact1
enable1
effect1
ebb1
eats1
dwells1
drown''d1
encounter1
drops1
dropping1
driving1
furnish''d1
drenched1
dreaming1
dream1
enclosed1
end1
expressing1
escaped1
exposed1
expect1
executing1
execute1
excel1
exact1
estate1
entreat1
ended1
entertain1
enter''d1
ensuing1
ensue1
enjoin''d1
endure1
endow''d1
furnish1
howl''d1
gather1
idle1
invite1
inveterate1
invest1
interrupt1
instructs1
instruct1
insolent1
inherit1
infused1
inform1
infest1
infected1
increasing1
includes1
incite1
incensed1
importuned1
inviting1
issued1
jingling1
laps1
lend1
legged1
learning1
lays1
laughed1
lasting1
last1
knowing1
join''d1
knit1
knew1
kiss''d1
killed1
kill''d1
justled1
justify1
imagination1
hunting1
gilded1
hunted1
hanging1
hanged1
hand1
halt1
hadst1
habited1
grows1
grown1
growing1
grind1
grew1
graced1
grace1
going1
gods1
glut1
glistering1
hangs1
happen''d1
hast1
homage1
humble1
hum1
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doing1
howl1
hoodwink1
honour1
hoist1
hearing1
hiss1
hinder1
helps1
held1
heed1
hearkens1
hearken1
dote1
cut1
divided1
dive1
blister1
bleeds1
blame1
beware1
bestrew1
bestir1
besiege1
bending1
bend1
belongs1
belch1
begun1
befitting1
befits1
bedimm''d1
bedded1
beats1
blow1
board1
boarded1
breathing1
burthen1
burst1
burnt1
budge1
brushed1
brewing1
breeds1
breathe1
boast1
breasted1
brained1
bow1
bove1
borne1
boil''d1
boded1
beating1
bears1
bearing1
act1
allaying1
allay1
adventure1
advanced1
advance1
adore1
admit1
acknowledge1
appear1
ache1
abuse1
abjure1
abates1
--''farewell1
''re1
lick1
anger1
appears1
be''st1
bade1
bawling1
bated1
bate1
bass1
based1
baked1
badest1
avoid1
appertaining1
aught1
attire1
attending1
assaults1
approaching1
approach1
appointed1
bury1
buy1
cabin1
dear1
delaying1
defy1
deformed1
defend1
defect1
deed1
deck1
deal1
delivered1
dashes1
dash''d1
dancing1
dance1
cursed1
cure1
crying1
deliver1
demanded1
crept1
dig1
disturb''d1
distracted1
dissolves1
dissolve1
disobey1
discase1
disarm1
died1
depart1
devouring1
devour1
detract1
destroyed1
desire1
deserved1
departing1
crow1
creep1
call''dst1
chalk''d1
chose1
chide1
cheek1
chastise1
charm''d1
changing1
changed1
caused1
cleave1
cause1
cat1
carrying1
carries1
cares1
cared1
candied1
claps1
closing1
credit1
content1
crave1
cram1
cradled1
crabbed1
courtsied1
couch1
coragio1
consider1
collected1
confine1
confer1
concluding1
conceive1
composed1
compassed1
coming1
levied1
rising1
lied1
sunburnt1
stained1
stain''d1
spotted1
sport1
spongy1
spent1
speaking1
sowing1
sounds1
sounded1
sound1
sought1
sorrow1
snoring1
snare1
smote1
smelt1
starts1
steaded1
steals1
stripping1
suck''d1
suck1
subject1
sty1
study1
strutting1
strokedst1
strengthen1
step1
stray1
stow''d1
stop1
stooping1
stolen1
stole1
stick1
smells1
slept1
sings1
rub1
sends1
send1
seeks1
securing1
scrape1
sack1
rule1
rounded1
served1
robb''d1
rob1
roar''d1
ring1
rigged1
rifted1
rid1
sent1
serves1
sin1
shrieking1
silence1
sighing1
sighed1
sigh1
shut1
shun1
shroud1
shorten1
service1
shoot1
shift1
shed1
shalt1
shaked1
setting1
sets1
summon''d1
sunk1
lift1
suppose1
weeping1
wearied1
wear1
watch1
waste1
wash1
warm1
walk1
waits1
visits1
violate1
vent1
vanishes1
vanish''d1
vanish1
utter1
usurp1
weigh1
wept1
wet1
worn1
yields1
yielded1
ye1
wronged1
wreck''d1
wrangle1
worship1
wonders1
whisper1
wonder1
wither''d1
winning1
wine1
winding1
win1
whist1
used1
urchins1
uplifted1
tended1
thunder1
throes1
threaten1
thinks1
think''st1
thatch''d1
term''d1
tend1
took1
telling1
swims1
swell1
swear''st1
sustaining1
surfeited1
supposing1
thy1
topping1
upbraid1
tumbling1
untie1
undo1
understand1
undergo1
twilled1
twain1
turn''d1
try1
torments1
trouble1
troll1
tripping1
trim1
trifling1
trash1
transported1
revenge1
return''d1
return1
resolved1
outstrip1
ordered1
open''d1
oped1
offer1
oar''d1
neglecting1
need1
name1
mow1
mourning1
mounting1
mount1
molest1
mocks1
mock1
mistake1
owed1
owes1
own1
perfected1
pinch1
pierces1
pierce1
pied1
persuaded--1
persuade1
perfumed1
perceive1
page1
peopled1
penetrate1
pen1
pays1
paunch1
pardon1
pard1
misses1
miss''t1
minister''d1
lives1
loving1
lorded1
loose1
looking1
look''d1
lodged1
loaden1
lived1
lying1
litter1
list1
lingering1
liked1
lighted1
light1
lifted1
lowing1
madest1
mind1
meal1
mightst1
melting1
melted1
meddle1
measured1
measure1
meant1
mast1
making1
marrying1
marry1
married1
mar1
mantle1
manacle1
mallows1
pioned1
pitch1
pitied1
ratify1
refresh1
reeling1
rectify1
receives1
received1
rear1
rattling1
rash1
reigning1
raising1
rais''d1
rain1
rack1
quoth1
quickens1
queen,--save1
refusing1
relieved1
purposed1
required1
resolve1
resist1
resign1
resides1
requite1
requit1
requiring1
require1
relish1
reputed1
repose1
report1
repeat1
rend1
removed1
remembering1
quarrel1
purchased1
plague1
pocket1
prepare1
prattle1
prate1
possesses1
possess''d1
possess1
point1
plunged1
prevent1
plummet1
pluck''d1
plotted1
plot1
pleased1
please1
plays1
prepared1
prick''d1
punish''d1
prompts1
pull1
provokes1
provoke1
prosperous1
prosper1
prophesied1
pronounced1
prompt1
pricking1
promised1
profit1
profess1
produce1
proclaim1
prized1
prize1
''m1