- (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
- (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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