perfectivation
(pəfɛktɪˈveɪʃən)
[f. perfective a. + -ation.]
The action of rendering a verb perfective.
| 1926 G. W. S. Friedrichsen Gothic Version of Gospels vii. 100 This is an instance of the colourlessness of verbal prefixes when used as an instrument of perfectivation. 1954 Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 163 Perfectivation, the transformation of an imperfective verb into a perfective one by a morphological change. 1962 R. W. Zandvoot in F. Behre Contrib. Eng. Syntax 15 Mossé..believes in perfectivation in O.E. by means of the prefix ge-. |