perfect infinitive
English
Noun
perfect infinitive (plural perfect infinitives)
- In English, an infinitival phrase consisting of the infinitive "have" (with or without a preceding "to") plus the past participle, e.g. *(to) have gone*; a comparable phrase or word in other languages.
Translations
nonfinite word or phrase equivalent to an infinite expressed in the perfect aspect
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