Found 2 items, similar to perfect tense.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: perfect tense perfect tense n : a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: perfective, perfective tense, perfect]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Perfect tense Perfect \Per"fect\, a. [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait, F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see Per-) + facere to make, do. See Fact.] 1. Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct. [1913 Webster] My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor. xii. 9. [1913 Webster] Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I fear I am not in my perfect mind. --Shak. [1913 Webster] O most entire perfect sacrifice! --Keble. [1913 Webster] God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Well informed; certain; sure. [1913 Webster] I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower. [1913 Webster] Perfect cadence (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant. Perfect chord (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave. Perfect number (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are 14, 7, 4, 2, 1. See Abundant number, under Abundant. --Brande & C. Perfect tense (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state completed. [1913 Webster] Syn: Finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless; blameless; unblemished. [1913 Webster]