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Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. the Latin future passive participle that functions as the verbal adjective, that expresses the fitness or necessity of the action to be performed, and that has the same suffix as the gerund 2. a verbal adjective in a language other than Latin analogous to the gerundive

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Gram. a form of a Latin verb, ending in -ndus (declinable) and functioning as an adjective meaning 'that should or must be done' etc. Etymology: LL gerundivus (modus mood) f. gerundium: see GERUND

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Gerundive Ge*run"dive, a. [L. gerundivus.] Pertaining to, or partaking of, the nature of the gerund; gerundial. -- n. (Lat. Gram.) The future passive participle; as, amandus, i. e., to be loved.