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gerundive
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ge·run·dive  (j-rndv)
n.
A verbal adjective in Latin that in the nominative case expresses the notion of fitness or obligation and in other cases functions as a future passive participle.
[Middle English gerundif, from Late Latin gerundvus, from gerundium, gerund; see gerund.]


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The emotional impact of the prose also can be seen as stemming from the way in which the text is laden (or perhaps overburdened would be more accurate) with adjectives, gerundives, extraneous evaluations, and allusions.
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