participle
n . 分词
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participle n 1 :
a non -
finite form of the verb ;
in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses [
synonym :
{
participle }, {
participial }]
Participle \
Par "
ti *
ci *
ple \,
n . [
F .
participe ,
L .
participium ,
fr .
particeps sharing ,
participant ;
pars ,
gen .
partis ,
a part capere to take .
See {
Participate }.]
1 . (
Gram .)
A part of speech partaking of the nature of 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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
By a participle , [
I understand ]
a verb in an adjectival aspect . --
Earle .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
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 },
a .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Anything that partakes of the nature of different things .
[
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
The participles or confines between plants and living creatures . --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "
participle ":
adjectival ,
adjective ,
adverb ,
adverbial ,
adversative conjunction ,
attributive ,
conjunction ,
conjunctive adverb ,
coordinating conjunction ,
copulative ,
copulative conjunction ,
correlative conjunction ,
disjunctive ,
disjunctive conjunction ,
exclamatory noun ,
form class ,
form word ,
function class ,
gerundive ,
interjection ,
part of speech ,
particle ,
past participle ,
perfect participle ,
preposition ,
present participle ,
subordinating conjunction ,
verbal adjective
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