Ad"jec*tive (#), a. [See Adjective, n.]
1.
Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an word 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.
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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.
2.
A dependent; an accessory.
Fuller.
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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.]
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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