INFINITIVE

A verbal that consists of to, the sign of infinitive, and the present form of the verb, the stem of infinitive. An infinitive is used primarily as a noun and less recurrently as an adverb or an adjective. It may have a subject, an object, a modifier, or a complement. See VERBAL.

For despite that our worlds then spun around crayons and pad papers, Maggi had taught me to look positively at everything and to propel myself toward inner maturity and self-betterment.