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[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.
      1913 webster

            my strength is made perfect in weakness. --2 cor.
                                                  xii. 9.
      1913 webster

            three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. --shak.
      1913 webster

            i fear i am not in my perfect mind.   --shak.
      1913 webster

            o most entire perfect sacrifice      --keble.
      1913 webster

            god made thee perfect, not immutable. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. well informed; certain; sure.
      1913 webster

            i am perfect that the pannonians are now in arms.
                                                  --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. bot. hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; --
      said of a flower.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   syn: finished; consummate; complete; entire; faultless;
        blameless; unblemished.
        1913 webster
see also:
per- fact perfect cadence perfect chord perfect number abundant number 
abundant perfect tense perfective tense 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
perfect \per"fect\ p~er"fe^kt, n.
   the perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
perfect \per"fect\ p~erfe^kt" or p~er"fe^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.
   1913 webster

         god dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1
                                                  john iv. 12.
   1913 webster

         inquire into the nature and properties of the things, .
         . . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct
         species.                                 --locke.
   1913 webster

   perfecting press print., a press in which the printing on
      both sides of the paper is completed in one passage
      through the machine.
      1913 webster

   syn: to finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.
        1913 webster perfectibility
see also:
perfected perfecting perfect perfecting press 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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: arranta, completea,
         consummatea, double-dyeda, everlastinga, grossa,
         perfecta, purea, soddinga, starka, staringa,
         thoroughgoinga, uttera
     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 : make perfect or complete; "perfect your french in paris"
         syn: hone
see also:
imperfect arranta completea consummatea double-dyeda everlastinga 
grossa perfecta purea soddinga starka 
staringa thoroughgoinga uttera perfective perfective tense 
perfect tense hone 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
327 moby thesaurus words for "perfect":
   ko, ok, absolute, accomplish, accomplished, accurate, achieve,
   adept, admitting no exception, adroit, all right, all-embracing,
   all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, ameliorate, aorist,
   appropriate, apt, arrant, authentic, beautify, best, better,
   beyond all praise, blameless, born, broad-based, button up,
   call off, cancel, cap, carry out, carry through,
   carry to completion, categorical, chaste, classical, clean,
   clean up, clear, climax, close out, close up, complete,
   comprehensive, conclude, conclusive, congenital, consummate,
   correct, crass, crown, culminate, cultivate, dead right, decided,
   decisive, deep-dyed, defectless, definite, definitive, deft,
   delete, determinate, develop, dispose of, do to perfection,
   downright, drop the curtain, durative, dyed-in-the-wool, effect,
   egregious, elaborate, embellish, emend, end, end off, entire,
   evolve, exact, exceed, excel, excellent, execute, exhaustive,
   experienced, expert, explicit, express, expunge, exquisite,
   extinguish, faultless, final, finalize, finish, finish off,
   finish up, finished, fit, fitting, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out,
   flawless, fold up, fulfilled, full, fully realized, future,
   future perfect, get done, get it over, get over with, get through,
   get through with, gifted, give the quietus, glaring, global,
   go one better, gross, historical present, holy, ideal, illimitable,
   immaculate, impeccable, imperfect, implicit, improve, improve on,
   inappealable, incomparable, indefectible, indefective,
   indisputable, infallible, inimitable, intact, integral, intensive,
   intolerable, irreproachable, just, just right, kayo, kibosh, kill,
   knock out, letter-perfect, lifelike, limitless, masterful,
   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




[6] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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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