imperf.

American

abbreviation

imperfect.

imperf. British

abbreviation

Also: impf. imperfect
(of stamps) imperforate

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Example Sentences

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I love, imperf. tense, I loved; perf. tense, I have loved; and so on, through every mood and tense.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

Subjunctive, present, if I have; imperf. if I had; perf. if I have had; pluperf. if I had had; first fut. if I shall or will have; sec. fut. if I shall have had.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

Anonymous, a pleasant Comedie, called Common Conditions, b.l. imperf. 4to. in russia.

From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall

Description, imperf. as tense of, 260, 1, a.

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Subjunctive mood, pres. tense, If I do; imperf. if I did; and so on.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

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