| Adjective | a. [ See Adjective, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Not standing by itself; dependent. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Relating to procedure. “The whole English law, substantive and adjective.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjective | 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Adjective | v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Adjectived p. pr. & vb. n. Adjectiving ] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
