perfect infinitive

English

Noun

perfect infinitive (plural perfect infinitives)

  1. 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.
    The perfect infinitive of "go" is "(to) have gone".

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