perfect participle

American

noun

past participle.

perfect participle British

noun

another name for past participle

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Etymology

Origin of perfect participle

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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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.

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Flown is the perfect participle of fly, flying; flowed, of flow, flowing.

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Equally disagreeable is the use of the perfect participle for the past tense; as, she seen, they done.

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Formerly the imperfect tense of this verb was gat, which is now obsolete, and the perfect participle was gotten, which, some grammarians say, is growing obsolete.

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The perfect participle denotes action or being, finished.

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