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infinitives
noun(infinitive)
a verb form normally identical in English with the first person singular that performs some functions of a noun and at the same time displays some characteristics of a verb and that is used with to (as in "I asked him to go") except with auxiliary and various other verbs (as in "no one saw him leave")
infinitives
noun(infinitive)
an infinitive with to having a modifier between the to and the verbal (as in "to really start")

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