participal

English

Adjective

participal (not comparable)

1. Archaic form of participial.
   • 1854, Samuel Neil, The Elements of Rhetoric; A Manual of the Laws of Taste, Including the Theory and Practice of Composition, London: Walton and Maberly, page 47:

     Participal Adjectives indicate qualities, etc., combined with a portion of the assertive power of a verb. They have the form of a participal but do not connote time.

Noun

participal (plural participals)

1. Archaic form of participial.
   • 1854, Samuel Neil, The Elements of Rhetoric; A Manual of the Laws of Taste, Including the Theory and Practice of Composition, London: Walton and Maberly, page 47:

     Participal Adjectives indicate qualities, etc., combined with a portion of the assertive power of a verb. They have the form of a participal but do not connote time.