perforate
verb
- to make a hole through, puncture
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈpəːfəreɪt/
adj
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect 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.
- Perforated.
“An Earthen Pot perforate at the Bottom to let in the Plant.”
- Perforated, having a hole.
“Suche abuses can not be longe hydde frome princis, that haue their eares perforate (as is the prouerbe).”
- Perforated.
“A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.”
verb
Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1425, in Middle English, the verb in 1538; from Middle English perforat(e) (“perforated, pierced”), borrowed from Latin perforātus, the perfect 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.
- To pierce; to penetrate.
- To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line.
“to perforate a sheet of postage stamps”