Look up: gerund

1. gerund
   [n] - a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing` form of an English verb when used as a noun)
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2. Gerund
   Ger'und noun [ Latin gerundium , from gerere to bear, carry, perform. See Gest a deed, Jest .] (Lat. Gram.) 1. A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing c...
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3. gerund
   noun a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing` form of an English verb when used as a noun)
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4. Gerund
   • (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle. • (n.) 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 hav...
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5. Gerund
   Gerund is the name given originally to a part of the Latin verb which possesses the same power of government as a verb, but also resembles a noun in being governed by prepositions. In early English or Anglo-Saxon a dative form of the infinitive is used to indicate purpose, and is often called the ge...
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6. Gerund
   In linguistics, `gerund` (`ger`-->) is a term used to refer to various non-finite verb forms in various languages: The formal distinction is that a gerund is a verbal noun – a noun derived from a verb that retains verb characteristics, that functions simultaneously as a noun and...
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