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gerundive

noun

  1. in Latin, a verbal adjective with a typical gerund stem form, used as a future passive participle expressing duty, necessity, fitness, etc. (Ex.: delenda in delenda est Carthago, “Carthage must be destroyed”)
  2. in other languages, any of various forms analogous to this

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See gerundive in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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