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    participle
    par‧ti‧ci‧ple /ˈpɑːtəsɪpəl, ˈpɑːtɪsɪpəl, pɑːˈtɪsəpəl $ ˈpɑːr-/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1300-1400
     Language: Old French
     Origin: Latin participium, from particeps ( ⇨ participate); because it takes the part of both verb and adjective
    technical one of the forms of a verb that are used to make tenses. In English, present participles end in -ing and past participles usually end in -ed or -en.