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Webster 1913 Edition

Adjective

Ad′jec-tive

(ăd′jĕk-tĭv)
,
Adj.
[See
Adjective
,
Noun.
]
1.
Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct;
as, an
adjective
word or sentence
.
2.
Not standing by itself; dependent.
Adjective color
,
a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.
3.
Relating to procedure.
“The whole English law, substantive and adjective.”
Macaulay.

Ad′jec-tive

,
Noun.
[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.
2.
A dependent; an accessory.
Fuller.

Ad′jec-tive

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Adjectived
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Adjectiving
.]
To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.
[R.]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adjective

AD'JECTIVE

,
Noun.
In grammar, a word used with a noun, 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. It is called also an attributive or attribute. Thus, in the phrase, a wise ruler, wise is the adjective or attribute, expressing a particular property of ruler.

Definition 2024

adjectivé

adjectivé

See also: adjective

French

Verb

adjectivé m ‎(feminine singular adjectivée, masculine plural adjectivés, feminine plural adjectivées)

  1. past participle of adjectiver

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