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Infinitive   /ɪnfˈɪnɪtɪv/   Listen
Infinitive

noun
1.
The uninflected form of the verb.



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"Infinitive" Quotes from Famous Books



... have even got a notion of some of the grammatical forms of the language. That termination of en, as in deluden, salubren, seems to me the sign of the present tense of the plural form of the verb. That other termination of tar, as in ebuntar, carantar, I suppose to be the sign of the infinitive. Depend upon it that this language is one of absolute regularity, undeformed by the results of human folly and sorrow, and as perfect as ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 6, Issue 35, September, 1860 • Various


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