\Ad"jec*tive\ ([a^]d"j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See
{Adjective}, n.]
1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of
   an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
2. Not standing by itself; dependent.
{Adjective color}, a color which requires to be fixed by some
   mordant or base to give it permanency.
3. Relating to procedure. ``The whole English law,
   substantive and adjective.'' --Macaulay.

\Ad"jec*tive\, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of
adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See
{Adject}.]
1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to
   express a quality of the thing named, or something
   attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify
   or describe a thing, as distinct from something else.
   Thus, in phrase, ``a wise ruler,'' wise is the adjective,
   expressing a property of ruler.
2. A dependent; an accessory. --Fuller.

\Ad"jec*tive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjectived}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Adjectiving}.]
To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
[R.]
      Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct
      signification of the verb, and to adjective also the
      mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . .
      adjectived all three.                    --Tooke.