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perfective
perfective [ pə féktiv ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. towards perfection: tending towards perfection
2. grammar describing completed action: describes a verb that reports a completed action as opposed to an incomplete or continuing one


noun  (plural perfectives)
Definition:
 
grammar perfective verb or aspect: a verb in the perfective aspect, or the aspect itself

perfectively adverb
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