"Substantive" is a word in ENGLISH
To substantivize.
Betokening or expressing existence; as, the
substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or
principles; as, the law substantive.
Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
Depending on itself; independent.
A noun or name; the part of speech which designates
something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or
immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are
substantives.
We decided to leave early, you wouldn't want to be there in the end, when the lights came on. You'd never sit down in here again. In a depressing shuffle we pushed to the door, now it was good to get up and out, while it was still a black hole, warm, and smokey, full of possibilities...
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The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, …
Read the complete definitionThe second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the …
Read the complete definitionA suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further …
Read the complete definitionbutáng - Thing, entity, object, transaction, matter, circumstance, event, anything that exists or is conceived to exist, as a separate …
Read the complete definitionDerived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb.
Read the complete definitionThe third person singular of the substantive verb be, in the indicative mood, present tense; as, he is; he is …
Read the complete definitionAs an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot …
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