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An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.

Very imperfectly developed; in an early stage of development; embryonic.

ng the cargo; -- formerly written roomager, and romager. [Obs.] The master must provide a perfect mariner, called a romager, to range and bestow all merchandise. Hakluyt .

A perfect recitation. [College Cant, U.S.]

Persian, and to the principal languages of Europe, classical and modern, and by its more perfect preservation of the roots and forms of the primitive language from which they are all descended, is a most important assistance in determining their history and relations. Cf. Prakrit, and Veda.

To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially. [Colloq.] A workman is said to scamp his work when he does it in a superficial, dishonest manner. Wedgwood. Much of the scamping and dawdling complained of is that of men in establishments of good repute. T. Hughes.

e is . . . a complement of cognitions, having, in point of form, the character of logical perfection, and in point of matter, the character of real truth. Sir W. Hamilton.

Knowing superficially or imperfectly. Howell.

late his life by them. The Puritan was a Scripturist with all his heart, if as yet with imperfect intelligence . . . he cherished the scheme of looking to the Word of God as his sole and universal directory. Palfrey.

distinct. [Obs.] They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter. Cudworth.

edentary life. Any education that confined itself to sedentary pursuits was essentially imperfect. Beaconsfield.

nsideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak.

A prefix signifying half, and sometimes partly or imperfectly; as, semiannual, half yearly; semitransparent, imperfectly transparent.

Like a semicolumn; flat on one side and round on the other; imperfectly columnar.

Half compact; imperfectly indurated.

Half conscious; imperfectly conscious. De Quincey.

An imperfect octave.

An imperfect or diminished fifth. Busby.

Half or imperfect transparency; translucency. [R.] Boyle.

Half or imperfectly transparent; translucent. Woodward.