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This is the termination of the present participle and verbal adjective derived from verbs in -a.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNERBessoun (in French, besson) means a twin, and the participle expresses the idea, clasped together like twins.
FRDRIC MISTRALCHARLES ALFRED DOWNER"Nay, I wanna thinking-g o' that," Ned replied, strongly doubling the "g" that terminated the present participle.
MUSHROOM TOWNOLIVER ONIONSIn this participle the termination -ing seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp.
MILTON'S COMUSJOHN MILTONTrod (or trodden), past participle of tread: ‘to tread a measure’ is a common expression, meaning ‘to dance.’
MILTON'S COMUSJOHN MILTONRimac is the present participle of rimay, to speak, to prattle.
TRAVELS IN PERU, ON THE COAST, IN THE SIERRA, ACROSS THE CORDILLERAS AND THE ANDES, INTO THE PRIMEVAL FORESTSJ. J. VON TSCHUDIIndeed there are many that can express what we should call an adjective only by making a participle out of a verb.
LANGUAGEEDWARD SAPIRThe passive voice is formed by joining the participle preterit to the substantive verb, as I am loved.
A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH TONGUESAMUEL JOHNSONOur verbs are observed by Dr. Wallis to be irregular only in the formation of the preterit, and its participle.
A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH TONGUESAMUEL JOHNSON(past participle) ends in -ed, -d, or -t; in the latter, it ends in -en or -e.
CHAUCER'S WORKS, VOLUME 6 (OF 7) -- INTRODUCTION, GLOSSARY, AND INDEXESGEOFFREY CHAUCERWORDS RELATED TO PARTICIPLE
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