perf

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Infinitive, present, to do; perf. to have done.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

It must be cecīdit, perf. of caedo, and not cecĭdit, perf. of cado, which is intransitive. 8-9. agrosque et urbem est depopulatus = and laid waste our fields and our city.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

Infinitive, gender of, 15, A 3; —— in -ier, 116, 4, a; —— force of tenses in, 270; 326 ff. —— fut. perf. inf.,

From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)

Subjunctive, 1st pers. sing. pres. ta usu mia; 2d pers. sing. perf. avi epe usu mia.

From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

One large perf. shell; two fine semi-lunar neck ornaments, ⅜ × 4 in. long.

From American Antiquities Auction Catalogue, January 8, 1898 by Norman, Wm. B.