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Definition of Gerundial
1. Adjective. Relating to or like a gerund. "The gerundial suffix `-ing'"
Definition of Gerundial
1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.
Definition of Gerundial
1. Adjective. Pertaining to or behaving like a gerund. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gerundial
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gerundial
Literary usage of Gerundial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Historical Outlines of English Syntax by Leon Kellner (1913)
"The Simple and gerundial Infinitive. § 392. The infinitive in the older periods
of the language was still felt ..."
2. A Hand-book of the English Language: For the Use of Students of the by Robert Gordon Latham (1860)
"gerundial.—When one verb is followed by another, preceded by the preposition to,
... The following examples, from the Old English, of the gerundial ..."
3. A Grammar of the New Testament Greek by Alexander Buttmann (1891)
"259) is still employed very frequently in the NT, as in classic authors, to
express the design or designed result (where in Latin the gerundial construction ..."
4. A Grammar of the Khassi Language: For the Use of Schools, Native Students by H. Roberts (1891)
"The infinitive of purpose, or our gerundial infinitive is used in lieu of the
form explained under § 223 (with ba) that is, the form ia ka ba'n; as, ..."
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