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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Perfect \Per"fect\ (p[~e]r"f[e^]kt), n. The perfect tense, or a form in that tense. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [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 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: 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}] From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: perfect /pɛrfɛkt/ perfect