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infinitive

noun
/ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.

  1. derived from īnfīnītus
  2. derived from īnfīnītīvus
  3. inherited from infenitife — “without end, in perpetuity”

Definitions

  1. The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).

    • The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive.
    • There are four moods, the Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, and Subjunctive. [...] the Infinitive is used to express a thing in a general manner.

  2. A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection

    A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.

  3. A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Formed with the infinitive.

      • INFINITIVE MOOD or MANNER. To Have, Avoir.
      • In English there are four moods:–1. The Infinitive Mood. 2. The Indicative Mood. 3. the Imperative Mood. 4. The Subjunctive Mood.

    2. Unlimited

      Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.

      • […] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […]

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Derived

bare infinitive, full infinitive, infinitival, infinitive marker, infinitive of purpose, perfect infinitive, split an infinitive, split infinitive, to-infinitive, zu-infinitive, infinitively

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at infinitive. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at infinitive. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at infinitive

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA