infinitive

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).

   The MANNERS of acting, in grammar called modes or moods, are four; Infinitive, Imperative, Indicative, Subjunctive or Conjunctive.

2. 2
   adj

   Formed with the infinitive.

   INFINITIVE MOOD or MANNER. To Have, Avoir.

3. 3
   adj

   Unlimited; not bounded or restricted; undefined.

   […] to search out in some higher region of infinitive space a spot where it was impossible for defilement to follow them […]

4. 4
   noun

   the uninflected form of the verb

5. 5
   noun

   A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.

6. 6
   noun

   A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.

Etymology

From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.