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used with the present participle of another verb to form the continuous tenses

exist

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Cases of word usage

1) to be silently surprised or upset (aback)

2) causing a person to be shocked, disgusted (abhorrent)

3) to say that (a person) has done wrong, has broken the law, is to be blamed (for something wrong) (accuse)

4) able to adapt or be adapted (adaptable)

5) something (omitted) in writing, a speech etc. that is to be added (addendum)

6) a statement of where a person lives, works etc and where letters etc may be delivered (address)

7) to be next to (something) (adjoin)

8) a part of a sentence that is not the subject or predicate (and can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical) such as 'with the red hair' in 'The boy with the red hair fell off his bike' (adjunct)

9) that can be used as proof in a law court (admissible)

10) deserving to be greatly appreciated and loved (adorable)

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