Definition of Past participle

1. Noun. A participle that expresses completed action.

Exact synonyms: Perfect Participle
Generic synonyms: Participial, Participle

Definition of Past participle

1. Noun. (grammar) A participle indicating a completed action or state. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Past Participle

past-master
past-participle
past-pointing
past-tense
past anterior
past continuous
past historic
past historic tense
past imperfect tense
past it
past iterative
past master
past paper
past papers
past participial
past participle (current term)
past participles
past perfect
past perfect continuous
past perfect progressive
past perfect tense
past progressive
past progressive tense
past simple
past tense
past tenses
past times
pasta
pasta salad
pasta sauce

Literary usage of Past participle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the English Language by Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1894)
"In the early period of Modern English lie had also a past participle lien along with lain; ... The past participle of weak verbs was formed in the primitive ..."

2. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1922)
"GRAMMAR before the revenue officers had [past participle of ride] up. 5. ... The child has [past participle of fall] in the street and [past participle of ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"If any past participle of the Saxon verb to owe were formed with the preh'x, it would be ge-ugen, which is but a poor etymology for god, good. ..."

4. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1901)
"The past participle is also called the perfect participle. ... The past participle of any Weak Verb is identical in form with the Preterite of that verb. ..."

5. An Old English Grammar by Eduard Sievers (1893)
"3) past participle. 3?a In the older language a few verbs sometimes have i-umlaut in the past participle, alternating with the unchanged radical vowel, ..."

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