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\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.
Syn: Finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless;
blameless; unblemished.
\Per"fect\, n. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
\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.
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