1853 T. E. Poynting xix. 325 It must not be supposed..that in all cases when two verb-like words come together, the second is always a participle.
1935 G. K. Zipf (1936) v. 31 Not all languages make, say, noun-like and verb-like distinctions.
2011 50 494 This distinction between ‘true’ prepositions and noun-like or verb-like prepositions is found in many Oceanic languages.