1.
[syn: participle, participial]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to or consisting of participles;
- Example: "participial inflections"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Participial \Par`ti*cip"i*al\, n.
A participial word.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
participial
adj 1: of or relating to or consisting of participles;
"participial inflections"
n 1: a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used
adjectivally and to form compound tenses [syn:
participle, participial]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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