semi-deponent
/sɛmɪdɪˈpəʊnənt
/adjective
(Of a Latin verb) having active forms in present tenses, and passive forms with active sense in perfect tenses.This well-known ‘deponent’ (or more accurately, semi-deponent) also occurs exclusively in the middle/passive, yet it is listed with a middle/passive headword, unlike the two previous examples....
- These words are actually a subset of ‘semi-deponent’ or ‘partially deponent’ words-verbs that are ‘deponent’ in one or more tense form but not all.
- thinko
- think on
- think on one's feet
- think outside (or out of) the box
- think piece
- think room
- thinks balloon
- thinks bubble
- think-so
- think something out (or through)
- think something over
- think something up
- think tank
- think-tanker
- think (the) better of
- think the world of
- think twice
- thin-layer chromatography
- thinly
- thinner
- thinners
- thinness
- thinnings
- thinnish
- thin on the ground