perforate

From Latin perforō (“I bore or pierce through; I perforate”), from per- (“through, thorough”) + forō (“I bore, I pierce”)

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

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

   to perforate a sheet of postage stamps

• (to pierce, penetrate): drill, punch

• perforation
• perforator
• imperforate

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.

• “perforate” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

perforate

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

• profetare, profeterà

perforāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of perforō