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Noun: perfective verb
  1. A verb form expressing action as complete or as implying the notion of completion, conclusion, or result.
    "Perfective verbs are commonly formed from imperfective ones by the addition of a prefix, or else the imperfective verb is formed from the perfective one by modification of the stem or ending."

Type of: verb

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perfected
perfecter
perfectibility
perfectible
perfection
perfectionism
perfectionist
perfective
perfective aspect
perfective tense
perfective verb
perfectly
perfectly elastic demand
perfectly elastic supply
perfectly inelastic demand
perfectness
perfervid
perfidious
perfidiously
perfidiousness
perfidy