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participle
noun as in verb
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This is the termination of the present participle and verbal adjective derived from verbs in -a.
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Bessoun (in French, besson) means a twin, and the participle expresses the idea, clasped together like twins.
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"Nay, I wanna thinking-g o' that," Ned replied, strongly doubling the "g" that terminated the present participle.
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In this participle the termination -ing seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp.
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Trod (or trodden), past participle of tread: ‘to tread a measure’ is a common expression, meaning ‘to dance.’
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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