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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Perforate \Per"fo*rate\ (p[etil]r"f[osl]*r[amac]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perforated} (-r[amac]`t[ecr]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Perforating}.] [L. perforatus, p. p. of perforare to perforate; per through + forare to bore. See {Bore}, v.] To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of. --Bacon. | |
