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perfective
[per-fek-tiv]
adjective
tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
Grammar.noting an aspect of verbal inflection, as in Russian, that indicates completion of the action or state denoted by the verb.
noun
the perfective aspect.
a form in the perfective.
perfective
/ əˈɛɪ /
adjective
tending to perfect
grammar denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages, including English, used to express that the action or event described by the verb is or was completed: I lived in London for ten years is perfective; I have lived in London for ten years is imperfective, since the implication is that I still live in London
Other 51Թ Forms
- perfectively adverb
- perfectiveness noun
- perfectivity noun
- unperfective adjective
- unperfectively adverb
- unperfectiveness noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of perfective1
Example Sentences
They were held to contain perfective rites and appearances and the tradition of the sacred doctrines necessary to the perfection or accomplishment of the most splendid visions.
Man only, who does not co-operate with his holy spirit, and is unattentive to his presence, receives none of these advantages from it, which are perfective of his nature, and necessary to his well-being.
The perfective is the ordinary style of an honest narrative.
The perfective part, said Proclus, precedes initiation, as initiation precedes inspection.
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