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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\, v. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\ ([a^]d"j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See {Adjective}, n.] 1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as an adjective word or sentence. 2. 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\, n. [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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adjective adj 1: of or relating to or functioning as an adjective; "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" [syn: {adjectival}] 2: (law) applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure; "adjective law" [syn: {procedural}] [ant: {substantive}] n 1: a word that expresses an attribute of something 2: the word class that qualifies nouns
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