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D E F I N I T I O N V M OF DEFINITIONS.
sometimes sends the syllable: as "I go," "you go," "I will go," or "I may go": "I am able," "you are able," "I will be able" or "I may be able."

O F T H E P A R T I C I P L E.
What is a participle? A part of speech: which takes part from a noun, part from a verb, part from both. For it takes genders and cases from the noun: signification and tense from the verb: number and person from both.
Whence is it called a participle? From the verb "participo," "participas," or from "taking a part": because it participates in, or takes a part of, the accidents of nouns and verbs.
A C C I D E N T S O F T H E P A R T I C I P L E.
How many things happen to a participle? Seven. Which? Gender, number, figure, case, tense, signification, with declension.
G E N D E R.
How many genders of participles are there? Four. Which? Masculine: as "loved," "learned," "read," "heard." Feminine: as "loved," "learned," "read," "heard." Neuter: as "loved," "learned," "read," "heard." Of three genders: as "this and this and this loving," "teaching," "reading," "hearing."
N U M B E R.
How many numbers of participles are there? Two, just as of nouns. Singular, as "reading." Plural, as "reading."
F I G U R E.
How many figures of participles are there? Two. Which? Simple, as "writing," "loving." Composite, as "describing," "loving greatly."
C A S E.
How many cases of participles are there? Six, just as of nouns. Nominative, as "this and this and this reading." Genitive, as "of this reading." Dative, as "to this reading." Accusative, as "this and this reading," and "this reading." Vocative, as "O reading." Ablative, as "from this and from this, and from this reading."
T E N S E.
How many tenses of participles are there? Three. Which? Present, as "reading." Past, as "read." Future, as "about to read," "to be read."
Whence are participles of the present tense formed? From the first person of the imperfect past, with the last syllable converted into "ns": as "I love," "I was loving": "bam" becomes "ns," so "loving."
Whence are those formed which are of the past tense? From the last supine with the letter "s" added: as "loved," from "by loving." "Learned," from "by learning": "read," from "by reading": "heard," from "by hearing."
Whence are those formed which are of the future tense? Those which in "rus"...