Latin Grammar. Denoting a verb having only passive forms but both active and passive meanings. Now chiefly historical and rare.

Grammar. Of, relating to, or designating any grammatical person (see person, n. 8); spec. designating a verb which distinguishes between persons…

Grammar. Of a verb or verb tense: regular in conjugation. Obsolete. rare.

Expressive of or characterized by value.

That makes good a deficiency; supplementary; = suppletory, adj. With to, †of.

in Grammar: see B. 3. Formerly applied to any formative or subordinate elements of language, e.g. prefixes, prepositions; cf. auxiliar, n.

of or designating a verb used intransitively with passive meaning; cf. activo-passive, adj. 2.

Grammar. Designating a verb form or tense which denotes or describes a change of state, etc. Also as n.: a mutative verb form. Cf. factitive, adj. n.

= preterite-present, adj.

Designating or relating to a preterite-present (see sense A.).

Designating an intransitive verb with a passive meaning. Now rare (chiefly historical with reference to Henry Sweet).

= preterite-present, adj.

Linguistics. Designating a construction in certain languages whereby an element which would not otherwise be the direct object of a verb becomes…

Grammar. Applied to the form of a verb (in Vedic, Hittite, etc.) having secondary personal endings and expressing injunction. Also as n.

Grammar. Of or designating a verb used intransitively with passive meaning; = active-passive adj. at active, adj. n.compounds 2. Cf. passival, adj. 2.

Grammar. Designating a verb with the sense ‘to adorn or supply with ——’.

Grammar & Linguistics. Esp. of a verb or verb phrase: that denotes an event or action rather than a state or condition. Cf. stative, adj. 3.

Linguistics. Of or relating to semantic content as opposed to the grammatical forms and categories by which that content is expressed. Also (of a…

Of a verb: not assigning to its object (usually a clause) the status of either truth or falsehood. Of a predicate: that follows a verb of this type.

Of a verb: assigning to its object (usually a clause) the status of not being true. Also: designating or relating to a predicate that follows a…