Fromperfect +-ive.
perfective (comparativemoreperfective,superlativemostperfective)
- (grammar) Of, or relative to, theperfect tense orperfective aspect.
- Antonym:imperfective
- (obsolete)Tending tomakeperfect, or tobring toperfection.
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], published1662,→OCLC:aperfective alteration
1701,John Ray, “Of Bodies Endued with a Sensitive Soul, or Animals”, inThe Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […],→OCLC,page191: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, andperfective of their Natures;[…]
related to the perfect tense or perfective aspect
perfective (pluralperfectives)
- (grammar) A perfectiveverbform.
perfective
- femininesingular ofperfectif
