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Participle

noun

A non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses. Synonym: participial.

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... of frying employed by the French cook. One is, to immerse the article to be cooked in boiling fat, with an emphasis on the present participle,—and the philosophical principle is, so immediately to crisp every pore at the first moment or two of immersion as effectually to seal the interior against the intrusion of greasy particles; it can then remain as long as may be necessary thoroughly to cook it, without imbibing any more of ...

— Household Papers and Stories • Harriet Beecher Stowe

... The present participle denotes action or being continued, but not finished. It generally ends in ing, eng, or g; as, Tebahkooneding, ...

— Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages - To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words • John Summerfield

Words linked to "Participle" : dangling participle, verb