verbal auxiliary
noun
an auxiliary verb, especially when considered as a member of a separate class of words used with verbs rather than as a special subclass of verbs.
Origin of verbal auxiliary
First recorded in 1955–60
Words nearby verbal auxiliary
verb,
verb phrase,
verb. sap.,
verbal,
verbal adjective,
verbal auxiliary,
verbal irony,
verbal noun,
verbalism,
verbalist,
verbality