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perfective


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Perfective  \Per*fect"ive\,  a. 
  Tending  or  conducing  to  make  perfect,  or  to  bring  to 
  perfection;  --  usually  followed  by  of  ``A  perfective 
  alteration.''  --Fuller. 
 
  Actions  perfective  of  their  natures.  --Ray. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  perfective 
  n  1:  a  tense  of  verbs  used  in  describing  action  that  has  been 
  completed  (sometimes  regarded  as  perfective  aspect) 
  [syn:  {perfective  tense},  {perfect},  {perfect  tense}] 
  2:  the  aspect  of  a  verb  that  expresses  a  completed  completed 
  action  [syn:  {perfective  aspect}] 




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