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Definition of Participle

1. Noun. A non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses.

Definition of Participle

1. n. A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles.

Definition of Participle

1. Noun. (context: grammar) A form of a verb that may function as an adjective or noun. English has two types of participles: the present participle and the past participle. ¹

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Definition of Participle

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Participle

1. 1. A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, written, being, and exhaustedare participles. "By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect." (Earle) Present participles, called also imperfect, or incomplete, participles, end in -ing. Past participles, called also perfect, or complete, participles, for the most part end in -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n. A participle when used merely as an attribute of a noun, without reference to time, is called an adjective, or a participial adjective; as, a written constitution; a rolling stone; the exhausted army. The verbal noun in -ing has the form of the present participle. See Verbal noun, under Verbal. 2. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. "The participles or confines between plants and living creatures." (Bacon) Origin: F. Participe, L. Participium, fr. Particeps sharing, participant; pars, gen. Partis, a part + capere to take. See Participate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Participle

Literary usage of Participle

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

1. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"The future participle marks an action as in prospect at the time denoted by the ... The participle is negatived by ov, except when it has a general or ..."

2. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"The Active participle There was also a present participle formed with the ... Maurer believes that the future participle was never a part of spoken Latin, ..."

3. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"Similarly volo (with its compounds) and cupio, with a perfect participle without ... After verbs denoting an action of the senses the present participle in ..."

4. A Greek Grammar for Schools and Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1916)
"The future participle marks an action as iü prospect at the time denoted ... On the participle with äv, see 1222. 1266. The participle has three main uses. ..."

5. Gesenius Hebrew grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Emil Roediger (1851)
"Frequently the participle is by a change of construction immediately followed by a finite verb; the pronouns that, who, &c. ..."

6. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"Verbs with perfects in -AVI, -Ivl, -IvI, as well as the third conjugation verbs in -u6 formed a participle with a long vowel before the ending: AMATUS, ..."

7. A Grammar of the Homeric Dialect by David Binning Monro (1891)
"The participle. 243.] Uses of the participle. Following out the view of the ... The participle is often used as an ordinary Adjective qualifying a Noun ..."

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