PARTICIPLE, in Grammar, an adjective formed of a verb; so called because it participates partly of the properties of a noun, and partly of those of a verb. See GRAMMAR.
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PARTICIPLE, in Grammar, an adjective formed of a verb; so called because it participates partly of the properties of a noun, and partly of those of a verb. See GRAMMAR.