perfective
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Adjective
perfective
- (grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
- Antonym: imperfective
- (obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
- a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, OCLC 418859860:
- a perfective alteration
- 1701, John Ray, “Of Bodies Endued with a Sensitive Soul, or Animals”, in The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […], OCLC 1103011139, page 191:
- It is not likely that Eternal Life ſhall be a torpid and unactive ſtate, or that it ſhall conſiſt only in an uninterrupted and endleſs Act of Love; the other Faculties ſhall be employed as well as the Will, in Actions ſuitable to, and perfective of their Natures; […]
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Derived terms
- imperfective
- perfectively
- perfectiveness
Translations
Noun
perfective (plural perfectives)
- (grammar) a perfective verb form
Translations
perfective verb form
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French
Adjective
perfective
- feminine singular of perfectif