substantival

American  

[suhb-stuhn-tahy-vuhl] / ˌsʌb stənˈtaɪ vəl /

adjective

1. noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.

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Other Word Forms

• nonsubstantival adjective
• nonsubstantivally adverb
• substantivally adverb

Etymology

Origin of substantival

First recorded in 1825–35; substantive + -al ¹

Example Sentences

It was long before the speaker was able to imagine an action without an object, and when he did so, it was a neuter or substantival rather than a passive verb that he formed.

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N.B.—There are three forms of participles, the adjectival, substantival, and adverbial.

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In a substantival form, the term is used in physical geography for a level tract.

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In the various substantival meanings in law, with which this article deals, the common idea underlying them is an end or final settlement of a matter.

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But substantival datives and accusatives, as in Modern English, follow the predicate.

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