substantival
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of substantival
First recorded in 1825–35; substantive + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The plural word selves, a substantival, and not an adjectival form.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
Every musical term, adjectival, substantival, occurs to us as we read the thousand and odd pages of the two volumes.
From Women in the Life of Balzac by Floyd, Juanita Helm
Returning, however, to the illustration of the substantival character of the so-called infinitive mood, we may easily see— α.
From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)
As a substantival component of local names, -ompsk and, with the locative affix, -ompskut, are found in such names as— Petukqui-ompskut, corrupted to Pettiquamscut, 'at the round rock.'
From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by Trumbull, J. Hammond (James Hammond)
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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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