Both Uses of
substantive
in
The Time Machine
- However, I felt like a schoolmaster amidst children, and persisted, and presently I had a score of noun substantives at least at my command; and then I got to demonstrative pronouns, and even the verb "to eat."†
Chpt 4 *
- Either I missed some subtle point or their language was excessively simple—almost exclusively composed of concrete substantives and verbs.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(substantive) important or significant in quantity