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Infinitive
//ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv// adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Formed with the infinitive. not-comparable
"INFINITIVE MOOD or MANNER. To Have, Avoir."
- 2 Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined. not-comparable
"[…] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […]"
Noun
- 1 The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).
"The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive."
- 2 the uninflected form of the verb wordnet
- 3 A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.
- 4 A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.
Etymology 2
From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.
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