- 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. Source: opted
- 3. n. a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses Source: wordnet
- 4. n:100 n. a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses Source: ecdict
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formverbadjectivallyadjectivecompoundenglishnaturenon-finitetenseswrittenparticiplesadjunctsanythingasleepbothderiveddifferentexhaustedhearlettermodifyingnounpartpartakes
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