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語源

From perfect +‎ -ive.

発音

• IPA: /pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/

• 韻: -ɛktɪv

形容詞

perfective (comparative more perfective, superlative most perfective)

1. (grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.

   Antonym: imperfective

2. (obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
   • a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:

     a perfective alteration

   • 1701, John Ray, “Of Bodies Endued with a Sensitive Soul, or Animals”, in The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […], →OCLC, page 191:

     It is not likely that Eternal Life ſhall be a torpid and unactive ſtate, or that it ſhall conſiſt only in an uninterrupted and endleſs Act of Love; the other Faculties ſhall be employed as well as the Will, in Actions ſuitable to, and perfective of their Natures; […]

派生語

名詞

perfective (plural perfectives)

1. (grammar) A perfective verb form.