Par*tic"i*pa*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. participatif.] Capable of
participating.
Par*tic"i*pa`tor (?), n. [L.] One who participates, or shares with
another; a partaker.
Par`ti*cip"i*al (?), a. [L. participialis: cf. E. participal. See
Participle.] Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a
participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun. Lowth.
Par`ti*cip"i*al, n. A participial word.
Par`ti*cip"i*al*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Participialized (?); p.
pr. & vb. n. Participializing.] To form into, or put in the form of, a
participle. [R.]
Par`ti*cip"i*al*ly, adv. In the sense or manner of a participle.
Par"ti*ci*ple (?), n. [F. participe, L. participium, fr. particeps
sharing, participant; pars, gen. partis, a part + capere to take. See
Participate.] 1. (Gram.) A part of speech partaking of the nature 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.
Present participles, called also imperfect, or incomplete, participles,
end in -ing. Past participles, called also perfect, or complete,
participles, for the most part end in -ed, -d, -t, -en, or -n. A
participle when used merely as an attribute of a noun, without
reference to time, is called an adjective, or a participial adjective;
as, a written constitution; a rolling stone; the exhausted army. The
verbal noun in -ing has the form of the present participle. See Verbal
noun, under Verbal, a.