Found 3 items, similar to participle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: participle partisip
English → English (WordNet) Definition: participle participle n : a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses [syn: participial]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Participle Participle \Par"ti*ci*ple\, n. [F. participe, L. participium, fr. particeps sharing, participant; pars, gen. partis, a part + capere to take. See Participate.] 1. (Gram.) A part of speech partaking of the nature of 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. [1913 Webster] By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect. --Earle. [1913 Webster] Note: Present participles, called also imperfect, or incomplete, participles, end in -ing. Past participles, called also perfect, or complete, participles, for the most part end in -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n. A participle when used merely as an attribute of a noun, without reference to time, is called an adjective, or a participial adjective; as, a written constitution; a rolling stone; the exhausted army. The verbal noun in -ing has the form of the present participle. See Verbal noun, under Verbal, a. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The participles or confines between plants and living creatures. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]