Found 2 hits - Term: perfect tense, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
perfect \per"fect\ p~er"fe^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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see also:
per- fact perfect cadence perfect chord perfect number abundant number
abundant perfect tense perfective tense
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
perfect tense
n : a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been
completed sometimes regarded as perfective aspect syn:
perfective, perfective tense, perfect
see also:
perfective perfective tense perfect
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