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Participle

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(1):

(a.) Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Participle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/participle.html. 1828.
 
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