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The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. Bacon.

Having power to perforate or pierce.

One who, or that which, perforates; esp., a cephalotome.

By force; of necessary; at any rate. Shak.

achieve; to accomplish; to execute; to do. I will cry unto God most high, unto God that performeth all things for me. Ps. lvii. 2. Great force to perform what they did attempt. Sir P. Sidney.

Admitting of being performed, done, or executed; practicable.

The act of performing; the carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation by action; as, the performance of an undertaking of a duty. Promises are not binding where the performance is impossible. Paley.

One who performs, accomplishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.

To rub over. Bailey.

Emitting perfume; perfuming. [R.] Sir E. Leigh.

To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent. And Carmel's flowery top perfumes the skies. Pope.

One who, oe that which, perfumes.

Perfumes, in general.

In a perfunctory manner; formally; carelessly. Boyle.

The quality or state of being perfunctory.

Done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions. Macaulay.

To perform in a perfunctory manner; to do negligently. [R.]

To suffuse; to fill full or to excess. Harvey.

The act of perfusing.

Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through.