Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER'FO-RATE
PER'FO-RATE, v.t. [L. perforo; per and foro, Eng. to bore.]
- To bore through.
- 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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