| 单词 | periphrastic conjugation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasperiphrastic conjugation periphrastic conjugation n. Grammar a conjugation formed by the combination of a simple verb and an auxiliary, rather than by an inflection of the simple verb. ΚΠ 1838 C. Moody New Eton Gram. 35 (note) The compound tenses of the passive voice, called ‘the periphrastic conjugation’, are composed of the past participle, and the auxiliary verb. 1874 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. July 449 We find a so-called periphrastic conjugation, ic maeg, can, mot, scyle, ‘I may, can, must, shall, &c.’ 1984 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 105 413 Periphrastic conjugations emerged as substitutes for the now much weakened monolectic perfect. < as lemmas |
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