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perf.

American  

abbreviation

  1. perfect.

  2. perforated.

  3. performance.

perf. British  

abbreviation

  1. perfect

  2. perforated

  3. perforation

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Printed, a perf. participle, referring to book understood.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

Infinitive, present, to have; perf. to have had.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

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 Kirkham, Samuel

Infinitive, gender of, 15, A 3; —— in -ier, 116, 4, a; —— force of tenses in, 270; 326 ff. —— fut. perf. inf.,

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

Heart-shaped, small perf.; fine green stone, jade or serpentine.

From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Norman, Wm. B.

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