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third-person singular simple present perforates, present participle perforating, simple past and past participle perforated
(transitive) To pierce; to penetrate. examples
(transitive) To make a line of holes in (a thin material) to allow separation at the line. examples
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(philately, biology) perforated quotations
A species of remarkable appearance with mature leaf laminae often so profoundly perforate as to resemble a fragile net of tissue.
1999, Nguyen Van Dzu, Peter C. Boyce, Kew Bulletin, 54(2):379-393