Perfective /(pẽr*fĕk"tĭv)/
Per·fect·ive
Perfective
a.
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Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.
Actions perfective of their natures.
- 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. (Gram.)
perfective
n.
- The perfective case or aspect. (Gram.)
- A verb in the perfective case or aspect. (Gram.)