Definition of Perfiction
Per*fec"tion (?), n. [F.
perfection, L. perfectio.] 1. The
quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing
requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill,
or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of
excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science,
or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in
perfection.
2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement
completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine
attribute of complete excellence. Shak.
What tongue can her perfections
tell? Sir P. Sidney.
To perfection, in the highest degree of
excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to
perfection.
Per*fec"tion, v. t. To
perfect. [Obs.] Foote.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PERFECTION, n. An imaginary state of quality distinguished from the
actual by an element known as excellence; an attribute of the critic.
The editor of an English magazine having received a letter
pointing out the erroneous nature of his views and style, and signed
"Perfection," promptly wrote at the foot of the letter: "I don't
agree with you," and mailed it to Matthew Arnold.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.
- A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
- What tongue can her perfections tell? Sir P. Sidney.
- To perfection, in the highest degree of excellence; perfectly; as, to imitate a model to perfection.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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