Word Meanings - GERUNDIVELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
In the manner of a gerund; as, or in place of, a gerund.
Related words: (words related to GERUNDIVELY)
- PLACEMENT
1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place. - PLACENTARY
Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification. - PLACE-KICK
To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. - 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. - PLACER
One who places or sets. Spenser. - PLACE
Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe - MANNERIST
One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism. - PLACENTA
The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi - MANNERISM
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural - PLACEMAN
One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott. - PLACENTIOUS
Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller. - GERUNDIAL
Pertaining to, or resembling, a gerund; as, a gerundial use. - PLACEBO
The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. - PLACENTIFEROUS
Having or producing a placenta. - PLACENTATION
The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals. - PLACE-PROUD
Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl. - PLACEFUL
In the appointed place. - PLACENTAL
Of or pertaining to the Placentalia. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal. - MANNERLINESS
The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale. - REPLACEMENT
The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing. - UNMANNERLY
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. - COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like - APLACENTAL
Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta. - DISPLACER
The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces. - BY-PLACE
A retired or private place. - SELF-COMPLACENCY
The quality of being self-complacent. J. Foster. - MISPLACE
To put in a wrong place; to set or place on an improper or unworthy object; as, he misplaced his confidence. - EMPLACEMENT
A putting in, or assigning to, a definite place; localization; as, the emplacement of a structure. - DISPLACEABLE
Capable of being displaced.