perfect participle


Origin of perfect participle

1
First recorded in 1860–65

Words Nearby perfect participle

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How to use perfect participle in a sentence

  • The imperfect tense and the perfect participle of the verb to plead are both pleaded and not plead.

    The Verbalist | Thomas Embly Osmun, (AKA Alfred Ayres)
  • Some verbs, though irregularly formed, have the past tense and perfect participle alike.

    Business English | Rose Buhlig
  • The perfect participle with habeo emphasizes the continuance of the effect produced.

    Cato Maior de Senectute | Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • He never uses gotten as the perfect participle of get; he always uses plain got.

    The American Language | Henry L. Mencken
  • Here the rule in correct English is followed faithfully, though the perfect participle employed is not the English participle.

    The American Language | Henry L. Mencken

British Dictionary definitions for perfect participle

perfect participle

noun
  1. another name for past participle

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