imperf.
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Also: impf. imperfect
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(of stamps) imperforate
Example Sentences
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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 Samuel Kirkham
Subjunctive mood, pres. tense, If I do; imperf. if I did; and so on.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
The sayd optatyve hath thre preterites, that is to say, imperf., parfyte, and plusperf., puttynge alwayes a ma uoullente, or plust a Dieu before the verbe.
From An Introductorie for to Lerne to Read, To Pronounce, and to Speke French Trewly by Giles Du Wés
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 Samuel Kirkham
Indic. mood, pres. tense, he is punished; imperf. tense, he was punished; perf. tense, he has been punished; and so on.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Samuel Kirkham
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