Definition of "perfective"

perfective

/pə(ɹ)ˈfɛktɪv/

adjective
1. (grammar) Of, or relative to, the perfect tense or perfective aspect.
2. (obsolete) Tending to make perfect, or to bring to perfection.
  Quotations
  a perfective alteration
  a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662
  It is not likely that Eternal Life ſhall be a torpid and unactive ſtate, or that it ſhall conſiſt only in an uninterrupted and endleſs Act of Love; the other Faculties ſhall be employed as well as the Will, in Actions ſuitable to, and perfective of their Natures; […]
  1701, John Ray, “Of Bodies Endued with a Sensitive Soul, or Animals”, in The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […], page 191
noun
plural perfectives
1. (grammar) A perfective verb form.

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