Definition of "perfection"

perfection

/pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural perfections
1. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence
2. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the divine attribute of complete excellence.
  Quotations
  No tongue can her perfections tell
  a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912,
verb
third-person singular simple present perfections, present participle perfectioning, simple past and past participle perfectioned
1. (now uncommon and nonstandard, transitive) To perfect.
  Quotations
  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.
  1762, [Samuel] Foote, The Orators. […], Dublin: […] Thomas Richey, […], Act I, page 10
  Sooner I'd kneel unto the modern nine / Alike perfectioned, though a virgin's name / They cannot boast […]
  1770, William Woty, Mock Invocation to Genius‎
  The most vain of the Assistants, she knows she's beautiful and let it know to the world. Acts like an ojousama and spends most of her time perfectioning her make-up.
  2001 December 3, OLF, i.e. Olf Le Fol, “AHSM Storytellers, Profiles”, in alt.hentai.sailor-moon‎ (Usenet)

Definition of "perfection"

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