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gerund(dictionary)

gerund (iou)



gerund noun. E16.
[Late Latin gerundium from gerundum var. of gerendum gerund of Latin gerere carry on.]
A form of the Latin verb which is used as a noun but retains the syntactic relationships of the verb; a similar verbal form in other languages, spec. the English verbal noun, ending in -ing, esp. when used distinctly as part of the verb.
Comb.: gerund-grinder arch. a teacher of Latin, a pedantic teacher.
ge'rundial adjective M19.
ge'rundially adverb L16.