Defective Verbs and Pronominal Verbs

Defective verbs are those only certain parts of which are in use, the rest having never existed in the language or having died out of it.

One example is:

Soler. "To be accustomed to." Used in the pres. indic., Suelo, sueles, suele, solemos, soleis, suelen; in the imperf. indic., Solía, solías, etc.; and in the pres. perf., He solido, has solido, etc., as:

• En su juventud solía trabajar con ahinco--ahora ya ha aflojado un poco: When he was young he used to work with fervour, now he begins to flag a little.

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