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perfective (adj.)

"tending or conducing to perfection," 1590s, from Medieval Latin perfectivus, from Latin perfect-, past-participle stem of perficere "accomplish, finish, complete" (see perfect (adj.)). Grammatical use is from 1844.

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Definitions of perfective from WordNet

perfective (n.)
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect);
Synonyms: perfective tense / perfect / perfect tense
perfective (n.)
the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action;
Synonyms: perfective aspect
From wordnet.princeton.edu