Meaning of PARTICIPIAL
| Pronunciation: | | `pârti'sipeeul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] (grammar) relating to participles; "participial inflections" |
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\Par`ti*cip"i*al\, a. [L. participialis: cf. E.
participal. See {Participle}.]
Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle;
formed from a participle; as, a participial noun. --Lowth.
\Par`ti*cip"i*al\, n.
A participial word.
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| | Related Terms: | | adjectival, adverbial, attributive, conjunctive, copulative, correct, formal, functional, glossematic, grammatic, intransitive, linking, nominal, postpositional, prepositional, pronominal, structural, substantive, syntactic, tagmemic, transitive, verbal |
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