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A verb able to be immediately followed by the full or bare infinitive, or gerund (i.e. non-finite verbs), as in “I beg to differ”, where beg is catenative.
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catenative verb
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catenative verb
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Japanese Meaning
後に不定詞や動名詞などの非限定動詞を直接連結できる動詞。 / (英文法用語としての)他の非限定動詞(full/bare infinitive や gerund)を続ける性質を持つ動詞。
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