perfect infinitive
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]perfect infinitive (plural perfect infinitives)
- 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.
- (to) have gone
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[edit]nonfinite word or phrase equivalent to an infinite expressed in the perfect aspect
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