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Webster 1913 Edition
Adjective
1.
Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct;
as, an
. adjective
word or sentence2.
Not standing by itself; dependent.
Adjective color
, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.
3.
Relating to procedure.
“The whole English law, substantive and adjective.” Macaulay.
Ad′jec-tive
,Noun.
[L.
adjectivum
(sc. nomen
), neut. of adjectivus
that is added, fr. adjicere
: cf. F. adjectif
. See Adject
.] 1.
(Gram.)
A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, “a wise ruler,” wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.
2.
A dependent; an accessory.
Fuller.
Ad′jec-tive
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Adjectived
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Adjectiving
.] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
[R.]
Language has as much occasion to
adjective
the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective
also the mood, as it has to adjective
time. It has . . . adjectived
all three. Tooke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adjective
AD'JECTIVE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
adjectivé
adjectivé
See also: adjective
French
Verb
adjectivé m (feminine singular adjectivée, masculine plural adjectivés, feminine plural adjectivées)
- past participle of adjectiver