Participial

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Participial \Par`ti*cip"i*al\, a. [L. participialis: cf. E.
     participal. See {Participle}.]
     Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle;
     formed from a participle; as, a participial noun. --Lowth.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Participial \Par`ti*cip"i*al\, n.
     A participial word.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  participial
       adj : of or relating to or consisting of participles; "participial
             inflections"
       n : a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used
           adjectivally and to form compound tenses [syn: {participle}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "participial":
     adjectival, adverbial, attributive, conjunctive, copulative,
     correct, formal, functional, glossematic, grammatic, intransitive,
     linking, nominal, postpositional, prepositional, pronominal,
     structural, substantive, syntactic, tagmemic, transitive, verbal