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Synonyms for participle


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pahr-tuh-sip-uh l, -suh-puh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr təˌsɪp əl, -sə pəl



Définition of participle

Origin :
  • late 14c., "a noun-adjective," from Old French participle (13c.), variant of participe, from Latin participium, literally "a sharing, partaking," from particeps "sharing, partaking" (see participation). In grammatical sense, the Latin translates Greek metokhe "sharer, partaker," and the notion is of a word "partaking" of the nature of both a noun and an adjective.
  • As in verb : noun action word
Example sentences :
  • The infinitive is often used in poetry after a verb of motion where we should use the present participle.
  • Extract from : « Beowulf » by Unknown
  • The participle may also have the character of an adjective, the adverb either of an adjective or of a preposition.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • This form of the past participle of the verb to light is now obsolete.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • Ago is derived from the participle agone, while since comes from a preposition.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • Flown is the past participle of to fly, and flowed of to flow.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • This form for the past participle of the verb to prove is said to be a Scotticism.
  • Extract from : « The Verbalist » by Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • It is sat or satya, sat being the participle of the verb as, to be.
  • Extract from : « India: What can it teach us? » by F. Max Mller
  • Youth dreams in the future tense; age, in the past participle.
  • Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke
  • The rest as the present of bos, followed by the past participle.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the Cornish Language » by Henry Jenner
  • The rest as the imperfect of bos, to be, with the present participle.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the Cornish Language » by Henry Jenner

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