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In some languages, participles can be used in the periphrastic formation of compound verb tenses, aspects or voices. en.wikipedia.org

A given inflected one-word catena corresponds to a periphrastic multiple-word catena. en.wikipedia.org

In the early 1970s we were gripped by the periphrastic Age of Aquarius. millstonenews.com

The gerundive "delendus" functions as a predicative adjective in this construction, which is known as a passive periphrastic. en.wikipedia.org

It is not used to indicate completed punctual events that have relevance for the present; instead the (periphrastic) present perfect is used in this role. en.wikipedia.org

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