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Webster 1913 Edition

Perforate

Per′fo-rate

(pẽr′fō̍-rāt)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perforated
(pẽr′fō̍-rāˊtĕd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Perforating
.]
[L.
perforatus
, p. p. of
perforare
to perforate;
per
through +
forare
to bore. See
Bore
,
Verb.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Perforate

PER'FORATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. perforo; per and foro; Eng. to bore.]
1.
To bore through.
2.
To pierce with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through any thing by boring or driving; as, to perforate the bottom of a vessel.

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