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adjective

1. ad.jec.tive \'aj-ik-tiv\ aj [ME, fr. MF or LL; MF adjectif, fr. LL 
   adjectivus, fr. L adjectu]s, pp. of adjicere to throw to, fr. ad- + jacere 
   to throw - more at JET 1: of, relating to, or functioning as an adjective 
   {an ~ clause}  2: not standing by itself : DEPENDENT  3: requiring or 
   employing a mordant {~ dyes}  4: PROCEDURAL {~ law}  - ad.jec.tive.ly av
2. adjective n : a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any 
   of numerous lan guages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to 
   denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or 
   to specify a thing as distinct from something else