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adjectiving

adjectiving is the present participle and gerund of adjective.

Meaning of adjective

Verb

adjective (third-person singular simple present adjectives, present participle adjectiving, simple past and past participle adjectived)

  1. (transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
    • Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has […] adjectived all three.1805, John Horne Tooke, Epea Pteroenta: or The Diversions of Purley Part 2
  2. (transitive) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjective.

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Questions about adjectiving

What is adjectiving the present participle and gerund of?
Adjectiving is the present participle and gerund of adjective.

Words near adjectiving in the dictionary

  1. adjectivehood
  2. adjectiveless
  3. adjectivelike
  4. adjectively
  5. adjectives
  6. adjectiving
  7. adjectivisation
  8. adjectivisations
  9. adjectivise
  10. adjectivised
  11. adjectiviser

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