perfective Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
    perfect; perfect tense; perfective tense.
  2. noun the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action
    perfective aspect.

WordNet

Per*fect"ive adjective
Definitions
  1. Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of. "A perfective alteration." Fuller.
    Actions perfective of their natures. Ray.

Webster 1913