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Perfect \Per"fect\ (p[~e]r"f[e^]kt), 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.
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My strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 Cor.
xii. 9.
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Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --Shak.
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I fear I am not in my perfect mind. --Shak.
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O most entire perfect sacrifice! --Keble.
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God made thee perfect, not immutable. --Milton.
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2. Well informed; certain; sure.
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I am perfect that the Pannonians are now in arms.
--Shak.
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3. (Bot.) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
said of a flower.
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Perfect cadence (Mus.), a complete and satisfactory close
in the 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; also called the perfective tense.
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Syn: Finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless;
blameless; unblemished.
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Perfect \Per"fect\ (p[~e]r"f[e^]kt), n.
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
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Perfect \Per"fect\ (p[~e]r*f[e^]kt" or p[~e]r"f[e^]kt; 277), 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.
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God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1
John iv. 12.
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Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, .
. . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct
species. --Locke.
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Perfecting press (Print.), a press in which the printing on
both sides of the paper is completed in one passage
through the machine.
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Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.
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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"; "the unadulterated truth" [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), unadulterated]

3: precisely accurate or exact; "perfect timing"
n 1: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been
completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect) [syn:
perfective, perfective tense, perfect, {perfect
tense}]
v 1: make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!"
[syn: perfect, hone]
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perfect [pəːfikt]
perfekt; vollendet; vollkommen

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perfect [pəːfikt]
accompli; achevé; parfait

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perfect
perfetto

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perfect [pəːfikt]
in optima forma; perfect; volkomen; volmaakt
verbeteren; volmaken; vervolmaken

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perfect [pəːfikt]
aprimorado, perfeito
aperfeiçoar

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perfect [pɛrfɛkt]
perfekt; trefflich; vollendet; vollkommen

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perfect [pɛrfɛkt]
perfect

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perfect [pɛrfɛkt]
accompli; achevé; parfait

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PERFECT. Something complete.

2. This term is applied to obligations in order to distinguish those
which may be enforced by law, which are called perfect, from those which
cannot be so enforced, which are said to be imperfect. Vide Imperfect;
Obligations.


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Perfekt n [gramm.]
perfect

goldrichtig adj
perfect

makellos; perfekt adj
perfect

perfekt; vollkommen; vollendet; überzeugend adj
perfect

vervollkommnen; perfektionieren
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327 Moby Thesaurus words for "perfect":
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experienced, expert, explicit, express, expunge, exquisite,
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immaculate, impeccable, imperfect, implicit, improve, improve on,
inappealable, incomparable, indefectible, indefective,
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masterly, matchless, mature, mere, meticulous, model, mop up,
needed, no strings, nonpareil, okay, omnibus, omnipresent, open,
out-and-out, outright, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome,
overpass, overtop, past, past perfect, peerless, peremptory,
perfected, pervasive, plain, plenary, plumb, pluperfect,
point tense, polish, polish off, polished, positive, precious,
precise, predominate, preponderate, present, present perfect,
preterit, prevail, professional, proficient, profound,
progressive tense, pronounced, proper, pure, put paid to,
put right, radical, rank, realize, rectify, refine, regular,
reliable, required, requisite, right, righteous, ripen, round,
round out, scrag, season, set right, shattering, sheer, shocking,
shoot down, simple, sinless, skilled, sleek, slick, smooth, sound,
spotless, stainless, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out,
straight-up-and-down, sublime, suitable, superb, superlative,
supreme, surpass, surpassing, sweeping, taintless, talented, tense,
terminate, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing,
through-and-through, top, top off, top out, total, tower above,
tower over, transcend, true, trump, ubiquitous, unadulterated,
unalloyed, unbearable, unblemished, unbound, unbounded, unbroken,
uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconfined,
unconscionable, uncontaminated, undamaged, undeniable, undiluted,
undoubting, unequivocal, unerring, unexcelled, unfaultable,
unflawed, unhampered, unhesitating, unimpaired, uninjured,
universal, unlimited, unmatched, unmeasured, unmistakable,
unmitigated, unmixed, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved,
unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unspotted, untainted,
unwaivable, utter, veritable, very, whole, wholesale, wide-open,
wind up, wipe out, without exception, without reserve,
without strings, wrap up, zap



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