semelfactiveadj.
/siːmɛlˈfaktɪv/ Slavic Grammar.
(See quot. 1827.)
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frequentative1534
indefinite1827
iterative1827
semelfactive1827
telic1846
usitative1849
resultative1857
semi-telic1865
permansive1866
constative1901
effective1904
point-action1913
egressive1914
punctual1914
benefactive1943
1827 J. Heard Gram. Russ. Lang. v. §1. 142 The semel~factive [verb] expresses the sudden and single occurrence of an action.
1843 Proc. Philol. Soc. (1844) 1 100 The author considered the ‘semelfactive verbs’, as Heard calls them, to represent the Sanskrit verbs of the fifth, seventh, and eighth conjugations.
1894 19th Cent. May 816 Semelfactive perfect aspect of unity.
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adj.1827