perfective

From perfect + -ive.

• IPA^(key): /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛktɪv

perfective (comparative more perfective, superlative most perfective)

1. (grammar, linguistics) Of, or relative to, the perfective aspect.

   Antonym: imperfective

2. (grammar, catachresis) Of, or relative to, a perfect tense.
3. (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:

     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, 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; […]

perfective (plural perfectives)

1. (grammar) A perfective verb form.

perfective

1. feminine singular of perfectif