perfection

UK /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/ US /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/
noun 3verb 1

Definitions

noun

1

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence.

near-perfection

total perfection

2

A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.

No tongue can her perfections tell

3

The process or act of establishing official recognition for a legal claim, generally in the context of security interests.

verb

1

To perfect.

My plan, gentlemen, is to be conſider'd as a ſuperſtructure on that admirable foundation laid by the modern profeſſor of Engliſh, both our labours tending to the ſame general end; the perfectioning of our countrymen in a moſt eſſential article, the right uſe of their native language.

Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast[…]

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