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perfect infinitive

noun

Definitions

  1. In English, an infinitival phrase consisting of the infinitive of the auxiliary "have"…

    In English, an infinitival phrase consisting of the infinitive of the auxiliary "have" (with or without a preceding "to") plus the past participle; a comparable phrase or word in other languages.

    • The perfect infinitive of "go" is "(to) have gone".

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for perfect infinitive. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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