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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.com | DownloadNoah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Substantive
Subjects in this Topic:
(1):
(a.) Enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
(2):
(a.) Depending on itself; independent.
(3):
(n.) 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.
(4):
(v. t.) To substantivize.
(5):
(a.) Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.
(6):
(a.) Pertaining to, or constituting, the essential part or principles; as, the law substantive.