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Definition of "substantival" []

  • Grammar Of or relating to the nature of a substantive. (adjective)

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.

Use "substantival" in a sentence
  • "And on the other hand, it is plain that they may be ˜introduced into discussion™ by way of plural substantival expressions, e.g. by the definite description ˜the beavers in Lake Superior™ or even by the demonstrative ˜those beavers™."
  • "And this is not the end of the matter, for it does not address the issue of such substantival terms as ˜blood™ and"
  • "The qualification ˜substantival predicate-expressions™ above is suggested by an issue noted by Frege, who writes that"