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participle

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This is the termination of the present participle and verbal adjective derived from verbs in -a.

Bessoun (in French, besson) means a twin, and the participle expresses the idea, clasped together like twins.

"Nay, I wanna thinking-g o' that," Ned replied, strongly doubling the "g" that terminated the present participle.

In this participle the termination -ing seems almost equivalent to that of the past participle: comp.

Trod (or trodden), past participle of tread: ‘to tread a measure’ is a common expression, meaning ‘to dance.’

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