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substantival, a.|sʌbstənˈtaɪvəl| [f. substantive + -al1.] 1. Gram. Of, belonging to, or consisting of, a substantive or substantives.
a1832Bentham Language Wks. 1843 VIII. 326/2 The substantival name of a quality presents the idea, in the character of a complete idea. 1843Proc. Philol. Soc. I. 74 The substantival inflexions ir, ar. 1881Nation (N.Y.) XXXII. 425 Nine-tenths of the New England Algonkin proper names..were composed of an adjectival and a substantival element. 2. Existing substantially.
1884Mind IX. 128 The real is individual, self-existent, substantival. Hence substanˈtivally adv., as a substantive.
1873Earle Philol. Engl. Tongue (ed. 2) §479 The form none is only used substantivally. 1892Earle & Plummer in O.E. Chron. Gloss. 373/2 Neuter used substantivally. |