ADJECTIVE
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Ad"jec*tive (ăd"jĕk*tĭv), a. [See Adjective, n.]
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1. Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence.
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2. Not standing by itself; dependent.
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Adjective color, a color which requires to be fixed by some mordant or base to give it permanency.
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3. Relating to procedure. “The whole English law, substantive and adjective.” Macaulay.
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Ad"jec*tive, n. [L. adjectivum (sc. nomen), neut. of adjectivus that is added, fr. adjicere: cf. F. adjectif. See Adject.] 1. (Gram.) A word used with a noun, or substantive, to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, “a wise ruler,” wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.
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2. A dependent; an accessory. Fuller.
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Ad"jec*tive, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjectived (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Adjectiving (&unr_;).] To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective. [R.]
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Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three.
Tooke.
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