Perfect
Perfect (pẽr"fekt) , adjective
[Old English parfit, Old French parfit, parfet, parfait, French parfait, Latin perfectus, past participle 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.
Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun.
I fear I am not in my perfect mind.
O most entire perfect sacrifice!
God made thee perfect, not immutable.
2.
Well informed; certain; sure.
I am perfect that the Pannonians are now in arms.
3.
(Botany) Hermaphrodite; having both stamens and pistils; -- said of a flower.
Collocations (4)
Perfect cadence (Music) , a complete and satisfactory close in the harmony, as upon the tonic preceded by the dominant.
Perfect chord (Music) , 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 (Arithmetic) , 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 (Grammar) , a tense which expresses an act or state completed; also called the perfective tense.
Perfect (pẽr"fekt) , noun
The perfect tense, or a form in that tense.
Perfect (pẽr*fekt" or pẽr"fekt; 277) , transitive verb
[Latin perfectus, past participle 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.
Inquire into the nature and properties of the things,... and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct species.
Collocations (1)
Perfecting press (Printing) , a press in which the printing on both sides of the paper is completed in one passage through the machine.