Participle

['pɑːtɪsɪp(ə)l] or ['pɑrtə'sɪpl]

Definition

(noun.) a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses.

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Definition

(n.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles.

(a.) Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.

Typist: Lolita

Definition

n. a word having the value of an adjective but regularly formed from a verb.—adj. Particip′ial having the nature of a participle: formed from a participle.—adv. Particip′ially.

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