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Gerund n. (Lat. Gram.)

A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.

In Modern English, the -ing form of a verb, when functioning as a noun; as, running is good for the heart.

(AS. Gram.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete tô etanne" (I have meat to eat.).

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... is in the Infinitive Mood, Gerund, or Imperative Mood,[78] the Conjunctive Pronoun must follow, and is joined to the verb to form one ...

— Pitman's Commercial Spanish Grammar (2nd ed.) • C. A. Toledano

... been called an adjectival verbal; the gerund may be called a noun verbal. While the gerund expresses action, it has several attributes of a noun,—it may be governed as a noun; it may be the subject of a verb, or the object of a verb or a preposition; it is often preceded by ...

— An English Grammar • W. M. Baskervill and J. W. Sewell

... pedagogues, preceptors, tutors, governors, gerund-grinders, and bear-leaders to view themselves in, ...

— The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman • Laurence Sterne