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Found 2 hits - Term: perfect tense, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
perfect \per"fect\ p~er"fe^kt, a. oe. parfit, of. parfit,
   parfet, parfait, f. parfait, l. perfectus, p. p. of perficere
   to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per see
   per- + facere to make, do. see fact.
   1. brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not
      defective nor redundant; having all the properties or
      qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw,
      fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure;
      sound; right; correct.
      1913 webster

            my strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 cor.
                                                  xii. 9.
      1913 webster

            three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --shak.
      1913 webster

            i fear i am not in my perfect mind.   --shak.
      1913 webster

            o most entire perfect sacrifice      --keble.
      1913 webster

            god made thee perfect, not immutable. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. well informed; certain; sure.
      1913 webster

            i am perfect that the pannonians are now in arms.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
      said of a flower.
      1913 webster

   perfect cadence mus., a complete and satisfactory close
      in the harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the
      dominant.

   perfect chord mus., a concord or union of sounds which is
      perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the
      unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a
      common chord in its original position of keynote, third,
      fifth, and octave.

   perfect number arith., a number equal to the sum of all
      its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors,
      are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. see abundant number, under
      abundant. --brande  c.

   perfect tense gram., a tense which expresses an act or
      state completed; also called the perfective tense.
      1913 webster

   syn: finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless;
        blameless; unblemished.
        1913 webster
see also:
per- fact perfect cadence perfect chord perfect number abundant number 
abundant perfect tense perfective tense 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
perfect tense
     n : a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been
         completed sometimes regarded as perfective aspect syn:
          perfective, perfective tense, perfect
see also:
perfective perfective tense perfect 

Results 1 - 9 of 9 found about perfect tense:

Perfect Tense >> P Words
Perfect Tense, definition of term: Perfect Tense
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Perfect >> P Words
Perfect, definition of term: Perfect
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Perfect Number >> P Words
Perfect Number, definition of term: Perfect Number
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Present Perfect >> P Words
Present Perfect, definition of term: Present Perfect
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Present Perfect >> P Words
Present Perfect, definition of term: Present Perfect
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Future Tense >> F Words
Future Tense, definition of term: Future Tense
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Past Perfect >> P Words
Past Perfect, definition of term: Past Perfect
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Future Perfect >> F Words
Future Perfect, definition of term: Future Perfect
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Past Tense >> P Words
Past Tense, definition of term: Past Tense
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