Participle /(?)/

Par·ti·ci·ple

Participle

n.
  1. A part of speech partaking of the nature of both verb and adjective; a form of a verb, or verbal adjective, modifying a noun, but taking the adjuncts of the verb from which it is derived. In the sentences: a letter is written; being asleep he did not hear; exhausted by toil he will sleep soundly, -- written, being, and exhaustedare participles. (Gram.)
    By a participle, [I understand] a verb in an adjectival aspect.
    — Earle.
  2. Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. [Obs.]
    The participles or confines between plants and living creatures.