Perfective

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  perfective \per*fect"ive\ (p[~e]r*f[e^]k"t[i^]v), n.
     1. (Gram.) The perfective case or aspect.
        [PJC]
  
     2. (Gram.) A verb in the perfective case or aspect.
        [PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perfective \Per*fect"ive\ (p[~e]r*f[e^]k"t[i^]v), a.
     1. Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to
        perfection; -- usually followed by of. "A perfective
        alteration." --Fuller.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Actions perfective of their natures.  --Ray.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Gram.) Denoting an aspect of verbs which indicates
        completion of an action, and is sometimes explicitly
        marked in verbal inflection, as in the Russian language;
        as, the perfective form of a verb. The use of a perfective
        form rather than the simple past indicates reference to a
        completed event, rather than to a process that took place
        in the past.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  perfective
       n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been
            completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
            [syn: {perfective tense}, {perfect}, {perfect tense}]
       2: the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed completed
          action [syn: {perfective aspect}]