GERUND
\d͡ʒˈɛɹʌnd], \dʒˈɛɹʌnd], \dʒ_ˈɛ_ɹ_ʌ_n_d]\
Definitions of GERUND
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
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A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.
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A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.
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A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.
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