present participial
present participial adjective: of or relating to the present participle.
Adjective
present participial (comparative more present participial, superlative most present participial)
- Of or relating to the present participle.
- The preſent participial termination Ende is, in modern Engliſh, always converted to ing.1805, J[ohn] Horne Tooke, Επεα Πτεροεντα [Epea Pteroenta]. Or, The Diversions of Purley., part II, London: […] [F]or the Author, at J. Johnson’s, […], page 215
- L. uoluntās, free will. Formed, with suffix -tās, from a present participial stem *uolunt-, a variant of uolent-, from uolens, willing, from uolo, I will; infin. uelle.1910, Walter W[illiam] Skeat, “VOLUNTARY”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, new (4th) revised and enlarged edition, Oxford, Oxon: At the Clarendon Press, page 695, column 2
Forms of present participial
| comparative | more present participial |
|---|---|
| superlative | most present participial |
| alternative form | present-participial |
Questions about present participial
- What does present participial mean?
- Present participial means of or relating to the present participle.
- What part of speech is present participial?
- Present participial is an adjective.
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