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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

gerundium

, fr.

gerere

to bear, carry, perform. See

a deed,

(Lat. Gram.)

A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.

(AS. Gram.)

A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; – called also the

dative infinitive

; as, “Ic hæbbe mete tô etanne” (I have meat to eat.).

Noun.

[L. gerundium, from gero, to bear.] In the Latin grammar, a kind of verbal noun, partaking of the nature of a participle.