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semiauxiliary

adj

Etymology

From semi- + auxiliary.

  1. derived from auxiliārius
  2. prefixed as semiauxiliary — “semi + auxiliary”

Definitions

  1. Of a verb

    Of a verb: functioning rather like an auxiliary verb, but not considered to be a full member of that class.

  2. A verb that functions rather like an auxiliary verb but is not considered to be a full…

    A verb that functions rather like an auxiliary verb but is not considered to be a full member of that class.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for semiauxiliary. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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