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infinitive

n.
US //ˌɪnˈfɪnɪtɪv// UK //ɪnfˈɪnɪtˌɪv// in·fini·tive Grammar
Origin

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

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