adjective

adjective
    adj 1: of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;
           "adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" [syn:
           {adjectival}, {adjective}]
    2: relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the
       principles of law; "adjective law" [syn: {adjective},
       {procedural}] [ant: {essential}, {substantive}]
    n 1: a word that expresses an attribute of something
    2: the word class that qualifies nouns
    

Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Adjectived}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Adjectiving}.]
   To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
   [R.]
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         Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct
         signification of the verb, and to adjective also the
         mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . .
         adjectived all three.                    --Tooke.
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Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\ ([a^]d"j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See
   {Adjective}, n.]
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   1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of
      an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
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   2. Not standing by itself; dependent.
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   {Adjective color}, a color which requires to be fixed by some
      mordant or base to give it permanency.
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   3. Relating to procedure. "The whole English law, substantive
      and adjective." --Macaulay.
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Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of
   adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See
   {Adject}.]
   1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to
      express a quality of the thing named, or something
      attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify
      or describe a thing, as distinct from something else.
      Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective,
      expressing a property of ruler.
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   2. A dependent; an accessory. --Fuller.
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28 Moby Thesaurus words for "adjective":
      adjectival, adverb, adverbial, adversative conjunction,
      attributive, conjunction, conjunctive adverb,
      coordinating conjunction, copulative, copulative conjunction,
      correlative conjunction, disjunctive, disjunctive conjunction,
      exclamatory noun, form class, form word, function class, gerundive,
      interjection, part of speech, participle, particle,
      past participle, perfect participle, preposition,
      present participle, subordinating conjunction, verbal adjective