perfective
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Noun (2)
- a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)Synonyms: perfective tenseperfectperfect tenseType of tenseKinds present perfect, future perfect, present perfect continuous, past perfect
- the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed actionSynonyms: perfective aspectType of aspect
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Per·fect′ive (pẽr-fĕk′tĭv), adjective
1. Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; — usually followed by of. “A perfective alteration.” Thomas Fuller
Actions perfective of their natures.— John Ray
2. Grammar Denoting an aspect of verbs which indicates completion of an action, and is sometimes explicitly marked in verbal inflection, as in the Russian language; as, the perfective form of a verb. The use of a perfective form rather than the simple past indicates reference to a completed event, rather than to a process that took place in the past.
per·fect′ive (pẽr-fĕk′tĭv), noun
1. Grammar The perfective case or aspect.
2. Grammar A verb in the perfective case or aspect.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors