participial

When a sentence is introduced by a participial phrase or a dependent clause it is in part or wholly periodic.

This participial construction is frequent in Milton as in Latin: it is equivalent to an explanatory clause.

But the adverbial habit appeared to grow as the participial habit vanished.

The participial closing of a letter, that is, ending a letter with a participial phrase, weakens the entire effect of the letter.

A participial expression with the same meaning is seen in fowerti winter vten led, GE 3348.