perforative (perforativ)

[= F. per for a tif = Pg. perforativo; as perforate + -ive.] Having power to perforate or pierce. perforator (per'fo-ra-tor), n. [= F. per for a teur = Pg. per for a dor = It. per for a tore, The perforator... prepares the me age by punching holes in a paper ribbon. Preece and Sivewright , Telegraphy, p. 116. perforator (c) A power-machine for drilling rocks in tunneling; a perforating-machine. perforatus (per-fō-rātus), n.; pl. per for at i (-ti). [NL., Ca erii muscle, the cor a cob rachial is. perforce (per-förs'), adv. [ If Sir Gaultier Paschac wynne hym par force , thir is no man can saue hym fro the dethe, for he hath sworne as many as he wynneth par force shall all dye or be hanged. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., II. xxxviii. Seeing perforce ye must do this, will ye not willingly now do it for God's sake? This.. force. J. Bradford, Letters (Parker Soc., 1853), I. 64. confounded villain will make me dance per Goldsmith, Grumbler.