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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perfect \Per"fect\, a. [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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perfect \Per"fect\, n. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Perfect \Per"fect\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Perfected}; p. pr & vb n. {Perfecting}.] [L. perfectus p. p. of perficere See {Perfect}, a.] 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 1.6 [wn]: perfect adj 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" n : a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn: {perfective}, {perfective tense}, {perfect tense}] v 1: make perfect or complete; "perfect yur French in Paris!" [syn: {hone}] 2: make perfect; bring to perfection [syn: {consummate}]
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