perfect participle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of perfect participle
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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The perfect participle denotes action or being, finished.
From Sketch of Grammar of the Chippeway Languages To Which is Added a Vocabulary of some of the Most Common Words by Summerfield, John
The perfect participle denotes action or being perfected or finished.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
They also make the dative plural of the third declension in -εσσι, and the perfect participle active is declined like a present participle in -ων.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
I desire that you may live here, Nee eme iuide cáteo naquém, in which cáteo is an active perfect participle, and the verb naquém, I desire, ever requires this construction.
From Grammatical Sketch of the Heve Language Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Volume III. by Smith, Buckingham
All Passive Verbs are formed by adding the perfect participle of an active-transitive verb, to the neuter verb to be.
From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel
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