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perforate

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9 lettersPronunciation /ˈpəːfəreɪt/Part of speech adjective, verbSorted aeefoprrtStarts with PEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. having a hole cut through

Word origin

passive participle of perforō (“to bore or pierce through, to perforate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“to bore, pierce”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English.

Used in a sentence

  • to perforate a sheet of postage stamps
  • An Earthen Pot perforate at the Bottom to let in the Plant.
  • Suche abuses can not be longe hydde frome princis, that haue their eares perforate (as is the prouerbe).

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