Participle

n.	1.	(Gram.) A part of speech partaking of the nature of both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, - written, being, and exhaustedare participles. By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect. - Earle.
	2.	Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. The participles or confines between plants and living creatures. - Bacon.

Noun

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participle - a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses Synonyms: participial

adjectival, adjective, adverb, adverbial, adversative conjunction, attributive, conjunction, conjunctive adverb, coordinating conjunction, copulative, copulative conjunction, correlative conjunction, disjunctive, disjunctive conjunction, exclamatory noun, form class, form word, function class, gerundive, interjection, part of speech, particle, past participle, perfect participle, preposition, present participle, subordinating conjunction, verbal adjective