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PERFECT a. 6 definitions
o consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct. My strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Cor. xii. 9. Three glorious suns, each o…
PERFECTER n.
One who, or that which, makes perfect. "The . . . perfecter of our faith." Barrow.
PERFECTIBILIAN n.
A perfectionist. [R.] Ed. Rev.
PERFECTIBILIST n.
A perfectionist. See also Illuminati, 2. [R.]
PERFECTIBILITY n.
The quality or state of being perfectible.
PERFECTIBLE a.
Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.
PERFECTION n. 3 definitions
The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in per…
PERFECTIONAL a.
Of or pertaining to perfection; characterized by perfection. [R.] Bp. Pearson.
PERFECTIONATE v.
To perfect. Dryden.
PERFECTIONISM n.
The doctrine of the Perfectionists.
PERFECTIONIST n.
One pretending to perfection; esp., one pretending to moral perfection; one who believes that persons may and do attain to moral perfection and sinlessness in this life. South.
PERFECTIONMENT n.
The act of bringing to perfection, or the state of having attained to perfection. [R.] I. Taylor.
PERFECTIVE a.
Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of. "A perfective alteration." Fuller. Actions perfective of their natures. Ray.
PERFECTIVELY adv.
In a perfective manner.
PERFECTLY adv.
In a perfect manner or degree; in or to perfection; completely; wholly; throughly; faultlessly. "Perfectly divine." Milton. As many as touched were made perfectly whole. Matt. xiv. 36.
PERFECTNESS n.
The quality or state of being perfect; perfection. "Charity, which is the bond of perfectness." Col. iii. 14.
PERFERVID a.
Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent.
PERFICIENT n. 2 definitions
One who performs or perfects a work; especially, one who endows a charity. [R.]
PERFIDIOUS a. 2 definitions
Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend. Shak.
PERFIDIOUSLY adv.
In a perfidious manner.
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