Word Meanings - GERUND - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic hæbbe mete tô etanne" In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a
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A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic hæbbe mete tô etanne" In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone. (more info) 1. A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
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- DATIVE
Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective. In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office. Removable, as distinguished from - CALLOSUM
The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus. - CALLOW
1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged. An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden. 2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth. I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play . - APPLICABLE
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. - ENDENIZATION
The act of naturalizing. - CALLE
A kind of head covering; a caul. Chaucer. - MODERN
1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. Bacon. 2. New and common; - ENDORSER
See INDORSER - ENDOGENY
Growth from within; multiplication of cells by endogenous division, as in the development of one or more cells in the interior of a parent cell. - ENDENIZE
To endenizen. - ENDOTHECIUM
The inner lining of an another cell. - PURPOSELESS
Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. -- Pur"pose*less*ness, n. - ENDOSCOPE
An instrument for examining the interior of the rectum, the urethra, and the bladder. - VERBAL
A noun derived from a verb. - ENGLISHWOMAN
Fem. of Englishman. Shak. - ENDOPLASM
The protoplasm in the interior of a cell. - APPLICATIVE
Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. - DENOTEMENT
Sign; indication. Note: A word found in some editions of Shakespeare. - ENDOCHROME
The coloring matter within the cells of plants, whether green, red, yellow, or any other color. - ENDALL; END-ALL
Complete termination. That but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak. - COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - AMENDFUL
Much improving. - OFFENDANT
An offender. Holland. - GENDER
A classification of nouns, primarily according to sex; and secondarily according to some fancied or imputed quality associated with sex. Gender is a grammatical distinction and applies to words only. Sex is natural distinction and applies to living - GYMNASTICALLY
In a gymnastic manner. - ACCENDIBILITY
Capacity of being kindled, or of becoming inflamed; inflammability. - HYPERCRITICALLY
In a hypercritical manner. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - STIPEND
Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually. - SPLIT INFINITIVE
A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive. - SEA LAVENDER
See MARSH - SHENDFUL
Destructive; ruinous; disgraceful. -- Shend"ful*ly, adv. Fabyan. - DECRESCENDO
With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff , or indicated by the sign. - UNEMPIRICALLY
Not empirically; without experiment or experience.