perf

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Participles, pres. having; perf. had; compound, having had.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

Indic. mood, pres. tense, he is punished; imperf. tense, he was punished; perf. tense, he has been punished; and so on.

From English Grammar in Familiar Lectures by Kirkham, Samuel

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From The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Aztec, of obsidian, semi-lunar, small perf. at each end for suspension, ⅝ wide, 3½ in. across.

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

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