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im⋅per⋅fec⋅tive

  [im-per-fek-tiv] Grammar
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–adjective
1. noting an aspect of the verb, as in Russian, that indicates incompleteness of the action or state at a temporal point of reference.
–noun
2. the imperfective aspect.
3. a verb in this aspect.
Origin:
1670–80; imperfect + -ive
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im·per·fec·tive   (ĭm'pər-fěk'tĭv)   
adj.  Of, related to, or being the aspect that expresses the action denoted by the verb without regard to its beginning or completion.
n.  
  1. The imperfective aspect.
  2. An imperfective verb form.
  3. A verb having an imperfective form.
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