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Definition of Atelic
1. Adjective. (linguistics) Presenting an action or event as being incomplete. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Atelic
1. pertaining to a type of verb form [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Atelic
Literary usage of Atelic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Student's Dictionary of Anglo-Saxon by Henry Sweet (1897)
"... atelic ... -(l)io, atelic I. terrible, dire, horrid, loathsome. II. я. what is
terrible, ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language: Containing the Accentuation by Joseph Bosworth (1838)
"1 atelic ; adj. Deformed, foul, ill- favoured, corrupt, shameful deformis :—Bd.
4,, ... sup. of atelic foul. Atenúan ; p. ede ; pp. ed [a intensive, ..."
3. An Old English Grammar by Eduard Sievers (1903)
"4) In the later language very commonly after an unstressed syllable; .for example,
in compounds like atelic, dreadful; ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This brief review of atelic phenomena in Germany alone—tho limita of this article
make it impossible to give ..."
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