perf.
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perfect.
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perforated.
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performance.
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perfect
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perforated
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perforation
Example Sentences
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Laughed at, perf. part, of to laugh at, referring to the same as been.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
Heart-shaped, small perf.; fine green stone, jade or serpentine.
From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Norman, Wm. B.
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
Participles, pres. doing; perf. done; compound, having done.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
Subjunctive, 1st pers. sing. pres. ta usu mia; 2d pers. sing. perf. avi epe usu mia.
From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison
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