participial
adjective
of or relating to a participle.
participially
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a word derived from
participial.
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a word derived from
participle.
participlenouna form derived from a verb, used in English as an adjective to express participation in the action or state of the verb, or combined with an auxiliary verb to construct any of various tenses, as in a burning candle, a known fact, I am freezing, She has gone: a participle does not specify person or number, but may have a subject or object, show tense, etc.
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The, since it belongs distinctively to substantives, is a sure indication that a word of verbal form is not used participially, but substantively.
From An English Grammar by James Witt Sewell
