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subjunctive |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subjunctive \Sub*junc"tive\, a. [L. subjunctivus fr subjungere subjunctum to subjoin: cf F. subjonctif See {Subjoin}.] Subjoined or added to something before said or written. {Subjunctive mood} (Gram.), that form of a verb which express the action or state not as a fact but only as a conception of the mind still contingent and dependent. It is commonly subjoined, or added as subordinate, to some other verb and in English is often connected with it by if that though, lest, unless, except, until, etc., as in the following sentence: ``If there were no honey, they [bees] would have no object in visiting the flower.'' --Lubbock. In some languages, as in Latin and Greek, the subjunctive is often independent of any other verb being used in wishes, commands, exhortations, etc From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Subjunctive \Sub*junc"tive\, n. (Gram.) The subjunctive mood; also a verb in the subjunctive mood. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: subjunctive adj : (grammar) relating to a mood of verbs; "subjunctive verb endings" n : a mood that represent an act or state (not as a fact but) as contingent or possible [syn: {subjunctive mood}]
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