participal

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English

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Adjective

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participal (not comparable)

  1. 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

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participal (plural participals)

  1. 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.
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