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gérondif
, substantif verbal
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Gerund
- (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
- (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.
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• Gerundive
- (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial.
- (n.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.
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• Gerundial
- (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.
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disagree, press box, influential, love, meaning, cooperate, difference of opinion, meningitis, disavow, jog, tor, madly, sonnet, abbreviation, hostile, psalm, proclaim, confessional, adjustable, disfranchise, irrevocable, ganglion, pulsatory, purser, put in, allah, rouge, licensed, endosteum, redouble, recast, recline, |
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Nightingale, You, Love, Wait, Rim, Rime, I, Awesome, Waste, Go, Hello, Which, Forsake, Abbe, Abbreviation, Ravage, Humiliate, Abash, Chagrin, Degradation, Name, Abate, Abbreviate, Desert, Abbey, Abandon, Hang, Discomfit, Dangle, Abattoir, Opposite, Abandonment, |
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