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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Perfect \Per"fect\, adjective [OE. parfit, OF. parfit, parfet, parfait, F. parfait, L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere to carry to the end, to perform, finish, perfect; per (see {Per-}) + facere to make, do. See {Fact}.]
1. Brought to 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 one a perfect sun. --Shak.
I fear I am not in my perfect mind. --Shak.
O most entire perfect sacrifice! --Keble.
God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
2. Well informed; certain; sure.
I am perfect that the Pannonains are now in arms. --Shak.
3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of flower.
{Perfect cadence} (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close in harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
{Perfect chord} (Mus.), a concord or union of sounds which is perfectly coalescent and agreeable to the ear, as the unison, octave, fifth, and fourth; a perfect consonance; a common chord in its original position of keynote, third, fifth, and octave.
{Perfect number} (Arith.), a number equal to the sum of all its divisors; as, 28, whose aliquot parts, or divisors, are 14, 7, 4, 2,
1. See {Abundant number}, under {Abundant}. --Brande & C.
{Perfect tense} (Gram.), a tense which expresses an act or state completed.
Syn: Finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless; blameless; unblemished.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Perfect \Per"fect\, noun The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Perfect \Per"fect\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Perfected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perfecting}.] [L. perfectus, p. p. of perficere. See {Perfect}, adjective] To make perfect; to finish or complete, so as to leave nothing wanting; to give to anything all that is requisite to its nature and kind.
God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1 John iv. 12.
Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, . . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species. --Locke.
{Perfecting press} (Print.), a press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.
Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
perfect
adjective
1: being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" [ant: {imperfect}]
2: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense" [syn: {arrant(a)}, {complete(a)}, {consummate(a)}, {double-dyed(a)}, {everlasting(a)}, {gross(a)}, {perfect(a)}, {pure(a)}, {sodding(a)}, {stark(a)}, {staring(a)}, {thoroughgoing(a)}, {utter(a)}]
3: precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing"
noun: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: {perfective}, {perfective tense}, {perfect tense}]
verb: make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" [syn: {hone}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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