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ed out, or is out; the disease broke out on his face; the book is out. Leaves are out and perfect in a month. Bacon. She has not been out [in general society] very long. H. James.

Glimmering or imperfect [R.] Bp. Warburton.

A model or pattern; a pattern of excellence or perfection; as, a paragon of beauty or eloquence. Udall. Man, . . . the paragon of animals ! Shak. The riches of sweet Mary's son, Boy-rabbi, Israel's paragon. Emerson.

Perfect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Perfectly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

e and describe grammatically. Let him construe the letter into English, and parse it over perfectly. Ascham.

A perfect, or normal, feather.

cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light. Sir I. Newton.

One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity. [R.]

Perfect. [Obs.] Chaucer.

t the group shows every form of transition from this method through simple conjugation to perfect sexual reproduction by egg and sperm in the higher forms. -- Phy`co*my*ce"tous (#), a.

Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.

Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. "The very pink of courtesy." Shak.

A block or plate having a perfectly flat surface, used as a standard of flatness; a surface plate.

ge (Surg.), a bandage saturated with a paste of plaster of Paris, which on drying forms a perfectly fitting splint. -- Plaster stone, any species of gypsum. See Gypsum.

rather point-devise in your accouterments. Shak. Thus he grew up, in logic point-devise, Perfect in grammar, and in rhetoric nice. Longfellow.

The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.

To extol in words or song; to magnify; to glorify on account of perfections or excellent works; to do honor to; to display the excellence of; -- applied especially to the Divine Being. Praise ye him, all his angels; praise ye him, all his hosts! Ps. cxlviii. 2.

The spring of life; youth; hence, full health, strength, or beauty; perfection. "Cut off in their prime." Eustace. "The prime of youth." Dryden.

postulate. Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection. Heb. vi. 1. A good principle, not rightly understood, may prove as hurtful as a bad. Milton.