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per⋅fec⋅tive

  [per-fek-tiv]
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–adjective
1. tending to make perfect; conducive to perfection.
2. Grammar. noting an aspect of verbal inflection, as in Russian, that indicates completion of the action or state denoted by the verb.
–noun Grammar.
3. the perfective aspect.
4. a form in the perfective.
Origin:
1590–1600; < ML perfectīvus. See perfect, -ive

Related forms:
per⋅fec⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
per⋅fec⋅tive⋅ness, per⋅fec⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty  [pur-fek-tiv-i-tee] , noun
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per·fec·tive   (pər-fěk'tĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Tending toward perfection.

  2. Grammar Of, related to, or being the aspect that expresses the completion or the result of the action denoted by the verb.

n.   Grammar

  1. The perfective aspect.

  2. A perfective verb form.

  3. A verb having a perfective form.

per·fec'tive·ly adv., per·fec'tive·ness, per'fec·tiv'i·ty (pûr'fěk-tĭv'ĭ-tē) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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