From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [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" [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)}]
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]
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.
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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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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.
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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.
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God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfect in us. --1
John iv. 12.
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Inquire into the nature and properties of the things, .
. . and thereby perfect our ideas of their distinct
species. --Locke.
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Perfecting press (Print.), a press in which the printing on
both sides of the paper is completed in one passage
through the machine.
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Syn: To finish; accomplish; complete; consummate.
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