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Webster 1913 Edition

Perforate

Per′fo-rate

(pẽr′fō̍-rāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perforated
(pẽr′fō̍-rāˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Perforating
.]
[L.
perforatus
, p. p. of
perforare
to perforate;
per
through +
forare
to bore. See
Bore
,
Verb.
]
To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.
Bacon.

Webster 1828 Edition

Perforate

PER'FORATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. perforo; per and foro; Eng. to bore.]
1.
To bore through.
2.
To pierce with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through any thing by boring or driving; as, to perforate the bottom of a vessel.

Definition 2024

perforate

perforate

English

Verb

perforate ‎(third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated)

  1. to pierce; to penetrate
  2. to make a line of holes in a thin material to allow separation at the line

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Translations

Adjective

perforate ‎(not comparable)

  1. (philately, biology) perforated
    • 1999 Nguyen Van Dzu and Peter C. Boyce. Kew Bulletin 54(2):379-393.
      A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.

Translations

Italian

Verb

perforate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of perforare
  2. second-person plural imperative of perforare
  3. feminine plural of perforato

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

perforāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of perforō

Etymology

From Latin perforō ‎(“I bore or pierce through; I perforate”).

Pronunciation

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