Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adjective"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adjective \Ad"jec*tive\ ([a^]d"j[e^]k*t[i^]v), a. [See
{Adjective}, n.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. A dependent; an accessory. --Fuller.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adjective
adj 1: of or relating to or functioning as an adjective;
"adjectival syntax"; "an adjective clause" [syn: {adjectival}]
2: (law) applying to methods of enforcement and rules of
procedure; "adjective law" [syn: {procedural}] [ant: {substantive}]
n 1: a word that expresses an attribute of something
2: the word class that qualifies nouns
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