Word Meanings - GERUNDIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use.
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- GERUND
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 - GERUNDIVELY
In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund. - RESEMBLINGLY
So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness. - PERTAIN
stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant - RESEMBLANT
Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower. - GERUNDIAL
Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use. - RESEMBLE
sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak. - RESEMBLABLE
Admitting of being compared; like. Gower. - GERUNDIVE
Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. -- n. - RESEMBLER
One who resembles. - RESEMBLANCE
1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness. - APPERTAIN
To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach - NONRESEMBLANCE
Want of resemblance; unlikeness; dissimilarity.