Category:Perfect

Per"fect, a. Etym: [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.)

Defn: 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.

Perfect Per"fect, n.

Defn: the perfect tense, or a form in that tense.

Perfect Per"fect, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perfected; p. pr. & vb. n. Perfecting.] Etym: [l. perfectus, p.p. of perficere. See perfect, a.]

Defn: 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.