'Perfecting' definitions:
Definition of 'Perfecting'
From: 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
Words containing 'Perfecting'
- Perfect,
- Perfected,
- Perfecter,
- Perfectibility,
- Perfectible,
- Perfection,
- Perfectional,
- Perfective,
- Perfectively,
- Perfectly,
- Perfectness,
- To perfection,
- perfectability,
- Perfect cadence,
- Perfect chord,
- Perfect number,
- Perfect tense,
- Perfecting press,
- future perfect,
- past perfect,
- perfect game,
- perfect gas,
- perfect participle,
- perfect pitch,
- perfective aspect,
- perfective tense,
- present perfect,
- future perfect tense,
- letter-perfect,
- past perfect tense,
- present perfect tense,
- word-perfect