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infinitive

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Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun infinitive has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

infinitiven. [L. infinitivus: cf. F. infinitif. See Infinite.].
     Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.  [1913 Webster]
    "With the auxiliary verbs may, can, must, might, could, would, and should, the simple infinitive is expressed without to; as, you may speak; they must hear, etc. The infinitive usually omits to with the verbs let, dare, do, bid, make, see, hear, need, etc.; as, let me go; you dare not tell; make him work; hear him talk, etc."  [1913 Webster]
    " In Anglo-Saxon, the simple infinitive was not preceded by to (the sign of modern simple infinitive), but it had a dative form (sometimes called the gerundial infinitive) which was preceded by to, and was chiefly employed in expressing purpose. See Gerund, 2."  [1913 Webster]
    "The gerundial ending (-anne) not only took the same form as the simple infinitive (-an), but it was confounded with the present participle in -ende, or -inde (later -inge)."  [1913 Webster]
Infinitive mood (Gram.), that form of the verb which merely names the action, and performs the office of a verbal noun. Some grammarians make two forms in English: (a) The simple form, as, speak, go, hear, before which to is commonly placed, as, to speak; to go; to hear. (b) The form of the imperfect participle, called the infinitive in -ing; as, going is as easy as standing.
infinitiven. 
     An infinitive form of the verb; a verb in the infinitive mood; the infinitive mood.  [1913 Webster]
infinitiveadv. 
     In the manner of an infinitive mood.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

infinitive, n. & adj.
--n. a form of a verb expressing the verbal notion without reference to a particular subject, tense, etc. (e.g. see in we came to see, let him see).
--adj. having this form.

Derivative
infinitival adj. infinitivally adv.
Etymology
L infinitivus (as IN-(1), finitivus definite f. finire finit- define)
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