participal
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]participal (not comparable)
- Archaic form of participial.
- 1854, Samuel Neil, The Elements of Rhetoric; A Manual of the Laws of Taste, Including the Theory and Practice of Composition, London: Walton and Maberly, page 47:
- Participal Adjectives indicate qualities, etc., combined with a portion of the assertive power of a verb. They have the form of a participal but do not connote time.
Noun
[edit]participal (plural participals)
- Archaic form of participial.
- 1854, Samuel Neil, The Elements of Rhetoric; A Manual of the Laws of Taste, Including the Theory and Practice of Composition, London: Walton and Maberly, page 47:
- Participal Adjectives indicate qualities, etc., combined with a portion of the assertive power of a verb. They have the form of a participal but do not connote time.