Definition of "participial" [par•ti•cip•i•al]

• Of, relating to, consisting of, or formed with a participle. (adjective)
• A participle. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A grumpy right-wing pundit followed a few days later with the phrase in participial or gerund form: “Having It All.”"
• "Both words are often used — and often interchangeably — as participial adjectives (oriented and orientated)."
• "It hasn't turned out to contain hidden depths, as Alexander Frater's Chasing the Monsoon or Joe Kane's Running the Amazon did, to choose two participial equivalents."