Definition of Participles. Meaning of Participles. Synonyms of Participles

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Definition of Participles

Participle
Participle Par"ti*ci*ple, n. [F. participe, L. participium, fr. particeps sharing, participant; pars, gen. partis, a part + capere to take. See Participate.] 1. (Gram.) A part of speech partaking of the nature 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. By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect. --Earle. Note: Present participles, called also imperfect, or incomplete, participles, end in -ing. Past participles, called also perfect, or complete, participles, for the most part end in -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n. A participle when used merely as an attribute of a noun, without reference to time, is called an adjective, or a participial adjective; as, a written constitution; a rolling stone; the exhausted army. The verbal noun in -ing has the form of the present participle. See Verbal noun, under Verbal, a. 2. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. [Obs.] The participles or confines between plants and living creatures. --Bacon.

Meaning of Participles from wikipedia

- differentiate adjectival participles and adverbial participles. An adverbial participle (or a participial phrase/clause based on such a participle) plays the role...
- came back bringing the (man/one) who was going to give the poison. Many participles of this sort are equivalent to – and thus translated as – nouns, e.g...
- are some verbs with irregular past participles. There are also verbs with both regular and irregular participles, in which the irregular form is most...
- and present participles are two types of non-finite verb; the difference is that gerunds are used to produce noun phrases, and participles to produce adjectival...
- done are past participles, want, have, refuse, accept and get are infinitives, and coming, running and trying are present participles (for alternative...
- century consider dangling participles ungrammatical and incorrect. Strunk and White's The Elements of Style states that "A participle phrase at the beginning...
- Traditional grammar makes a distinction within -ing forms between present participles and gerunds, a distinction that is not observed in such modern grammars...
- at least, there are three different ****ure p****ive participles and two perfect active participles. In some cases it may be lower, because a verb lacks...
- present/past participles, distinguished by adjectival and adverbial usage (see adjectival participle and adverbial participle). Verbs and participles can be...
- plural endings of participles. Examples: The example mentioned shows both past (byl, byla ...) and p****ive (koupen, koupena ...) participles. The accordance...