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im⋅per⋅fo⋅rate

  [im-pur-fer-it, -fuh-reyt]
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–adjective
1. Also, im⋅per⋅fo⋅rat⋅ed. not perforate; having no perforation.
2. Philately. (of a number of stamps joined together) lacking the perforations usually separating individual stamps.
–noun
3. an imperforate stamp.
Origin:
1665–75; im- 2 + perforate

Related forms:
im⋅per⋅fo⋅ra⋅tion, noun
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im·per·fo·rate   (ĭm-pûr'fər-ĭt)   
adj.  

  1. Having no opening; not perforated.

  2. Not separated by rows of perforations: imperforate sheets of stamps.

  3. Medicine Lacking a normal opening: an imperforate anus.

n.  An imperforate stamp.
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Main Entry: im·per·fo·rate
Pronunciation: (')im-'p&r-f(&-)r&t, -f&-"rAt
Function: adjective
: having no opening oraperture; specifically : lacking the usual or normal opening imperforate hymen> imperforate anus>
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imperforate im·per·fo·rate (ĭm-pûr'fər-ĭt)
adj.
Lacking a normal opening.

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