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.
• AMENDFUL
  Much improving.
• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• 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.
• 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.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• STIPEND
  Settled pay or compensation for services, whether paid daily, monthly, or annually.
• 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.
• SEA LAVENDER
  See MARSH
• SCALLION
  A kind of small onion , native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. 2. Any onion which does not "bottom out," but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc.