According to their morphological structure verbs are divided into:
Simple | Derived | Compound | Composite |
having affixes | consisting of two stems | consisting of a verb and a postposition of adverbial origin | |
read, live, hide, speak | magnify, fertilize, captivate, undo, decompose | daydream, browbeat | sit down, go away, give up |
Composite Verbs
The postposition often changes the meaning of the verb with which it is associated. Thus, there are composite verbs whose meaning is different from the meaning of their components: to give up; to bring up; to do away.
There are other composite verbs in which the original meaning of its components is preserved: to stand up, to come in, to go out, to put on.