Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perfective"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perfective \Per*fect"ive\, a.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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