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Etymology

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From Latin perforō (I bore or pierce through; I perforate), from per- (through, thorough) + forō (I bore, I pierce).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpəːfəreɪt/
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Verb

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perforate (third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated)

  1. (transitive) To pierce; to penetrate.
  2. (transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
    to perforate a sheet of postage stamps

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Adjective

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perforate (not comparable)

  1. (philately, biology) perforated
    • 1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393:
      A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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perforate

  1. inflection of perforare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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perforate f pl

  1. feminine plural of perforato

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Latin

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Verb

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perforāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of perforō

Spanish

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Verb

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perforate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of perforar combined with te