Index of English words, starting with "ge"

(1) - Gerontocracy (n.) Government by old men.

(1) - Gerrymander (v. t.) To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent.

(1) - Gerund (n.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the dative infinitive; as, "Ic haebbe mete to etanne" (I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.
(2) - Gerund (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle.

(1) - Gerundive (n.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.
(2) - Gerundive (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial.