perfect participle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of perfect participle
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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This tense prefixes the auxiliaries, might have, could have, would have, or should have, to the perfect participle: thus, Singular.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
Have and had, in their literal use, are auxiliary to the perfect participle only; as, have thrown, had thrown.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
The word own, anciently written owen, is an adjective; from an old form of the perfect participle of the verb to owe; which verb, according to Lowth and others, once signified to possess.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
This tense prefixes the auxiliaries shall have or will have to the perfect participle: thus, Singular.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
The imperfect tense and the perfect participle of the verb to plead are both pleaded and not plead.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Thomas Embly Osmun
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