infinitive clause

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noun Grammar.

a clause containing an infinitive as its main or only verb form, as to speak clearly in Try to speak clearly.

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Also called infinitive phrase .

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They would not, for example, supersede federal law regarding the Establishment Clause in the First Amendment.
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Sanford hits back at Sullivan, who “has certainly not lived up to this clause.”
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Weird as the theory is, invoking “quantum physics” is not an escape clause from obeying physical laws.
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There may even be a clause in her contract by which she has to agree to certain content restrictions.
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But an aspect that is particularly troubling is that such a clause exists at all.
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He added that lessening clause, remembering, quite simply, how much more brilliant he was than Nigel.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
The Act contained another practical clause, designed to block the construction of lines from political considerations.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
An insurance policy may be assigned, though it usually contains a clause that the consent of the insurer is needful.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
This clause was adopted, and James Madison for the first time attracted state-wide attention to his thinking and philosophy.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Perhaps speke (better speken) is an infinitive in l. 350, but it may also be the pt.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer