participial

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17
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21
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌpɑː(ɹ)tɪˈsɪpi.əl/

Definition of participial

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, relating to, or being a participle.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of, relating to, or being a participle.

noun

  1. (dated)A non-finite verb.
    “§ 280. A Participial is a derived form of the verb used not for asserting but for expressing either, — 1. An object of thought; or, 2. A modification of such an object. Participials, accordingly, are either, — 1. Noun-participials; as, "To think is to act;" "Their sending the messacre was the cause of the trouble;" or, 2. Adjective-participials, more commonly called Participles; as, "The advancing army;" "The expected messenger."”
    “[…] the verb has two forms, which […] are called Participials, namely, (a) The Infinitv […] (b) The Participle […] .”
    “To have a short appellation, let us call participles and infinitives participials. Among all the myriads of words, a more skillful, many-sided and hard-working class than this could hardly be found, and still—such is the world's reward—they are strangers in a strange land forced to live with their aristocratic cousins, the "finite" verbs. For participials are not verbs in reality.”
  2. A participial word.

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Etymology

From Latin participiālis, from participium (“participle”).

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