perfective
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AdjectiveEdit
perfective
- (grammar) of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
- Antonym: imperfective
- (obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
- 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England
- a perfective alteration
- 1691, John Ray, The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the creation
- actions suitable to and perfective of their natures
- 1662, Thomas Fuller, History of the Worthies of England
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relative to the perfect tense or perfective aspect
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NounEdit
perfective (plural perfectives)
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perfective verb form
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AdjectiveEdit
perfective