- (a.) Anything that partakes of the nature of different things.
- (n.) A part of speech partaking of the nature both verb and adjective; a form of a verb or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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