01 n. A part of speech partaking of the nature of both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking th…
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A part of speech partaking of the nature of both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles.(Gram.)“By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect.” — Earle.
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Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.[Obs.]“The participles or confines between plants and living creatures.” — Bacon.