substantival

[ suhb-stuhn-tahy-vuhl ]

adjective

1. noting, of, or pertaining to a substantive.

Other Words From

• substan·tival·ly adverb
• nonsub·stan·tival adjective
• nonsub·stan·tival·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of substantival¹

First recorded in 1825–35; substantive + -al ¹

Example Sentences

It was long before the speaker was able to imagine an action without an object, and when he did so, it was a neuter or substantival rather than a passive verb that he formed.

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There are three forms of the participle, viz.:—The adjectival in -A, the adverbial in -E, and the substantival in -O. 203.

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In a substantival form, the term is used in physical geography for a level tract.

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In the various substantival meanings in law, with which this article deals, the common idea underlying them is an end or final settlement of a matter.

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But substantival datives and accusatives, as in Modern English, follow the predicate.

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