Given this sentence, predict the part of speech of the word “groomed”

He groomed the puppy until it was perfectly clean
The word “groomed” in this sentence is a verb.
Complete the following task based on the instruction and optional input provided.### Instruction:
Given this sentence, predict the part of speech of the word “groomed”

He groomed the puppy until it was perfectly clean

### Output:
The word “groomed” in this sentence is a verb.