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Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.

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  1. a. Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.
  2. n. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
  3. n. the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
  4. Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of. "A perfective alteration." Fuller. Actions perfective of their natures. Ray.
  5. Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring toperfection; -- usually followed by of. "A perfective alteration."Fuller.Actions perfective of their natures. Ray.
  6. j:100 n. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) n. the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action