catenative verb
Noun
Meaning
catenative verb (plural catenative verbs)
A verb able to be immediately followed by the full or bare infinitive, or gerund (i.e. non-finite verbs), as in “I beg to differ”, where beg is catenative.
Noun
catenative verb (plural catenative verbs)
A verb able to be immediately followed by the full or bare infinitive, or gerund (i.e. non-finite verbs), as in “I beg to differ”, where beg is catenative.