PERDURATION
PERDURA'TION, noun Long continuance. [Not used.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PERDY
PER'DY, adverb Certainly; verily; in truth.
PEREGAL
PER'EGAL, adjective Equal. [Not used.]
PEREGRINATE
PER'EGRINATE, verb intransitive [Latin peregrinor, from peregrinus, a traveler or stranger; peragro, to wander; per and ager.]To travel from place to place or from one country t...
PEREGRINATION
PEREGRINA'TION, noun A traveling from one country to another; a wandering; abode in foreign countries.
PEREGRINATOR
PER'EGRINATOR, noun A traveler into foreign countries.
PEREGRINE
PER'EGRINE, adjective [Latin peregrinus.] Foreign; not native. [Little used.]Peregrine falcon, a species of hawk, the black hawk or falcon, found in America and in Asia, and whi...
PEREMPT
PEREMPT', verb transitive [Latin peremptus, perimo, to kill.]In law, to kill; to crush or destroy. [Not used.]
PEREMPTION
PEREMP'TION, noun [Latin peremptio.] A killing; a quashing; nonsuit. [Not used.]
PEREMPTORILY
PER'EMPTORILY, adverb [from peremptory.] Absolutely; positively; in a decisive manner; so as to preclude further debate.Never judge peremptorily on first appearances.
PEREMPTORINESS
PER'EMPTORINESS, noun Positiveness; absolute decision; dogmatism.Peremptoriness is of two sorts; one, a magisterialness in matters of opinion; the other, a positiveness in matte...
PEREMPTORY
PER'EMPTORY, adjective [Latin peremptorius, from peremptus, taken away, killed.]1. Express; positive; absolute; decisive; authoritative; in a manner to preclude debate or expost...
PERENNIAL
PEREN'NIAL, adjective [Latin perennis; per and annus, a year.]1. Lasting or continuing without cessation through the year.2. Perpetual; unceasing; never failing.3. In botany, co...
PERENNIALLY
PEREN'NIALLY, adverb Continually; without ceasing.
PERENNITY
PEREN'NITY, noun [Latin perennitas.] An enduring or continuing through the whole year without ceasing.
PERERRATION
PERERRA'TION, noun [Latin perrro; per and erro, to wander.]A wandering or rambling through various places.
PERFECT
PER'FECT, adjective [Latin perfectus, perficio, to complete; per and facio, to do or make through, to carry to the end.]1. Finished; complete; consummate; not defective; having ...
PERFECTED
PER'FECTED, participle passive Finished; completed.
PERFECTER
PER'FECTER, noun One that makes perfect.
PERFECTIBILITY
PERFECTIBIL'ITY, noun [from perfectible.]The capacity of becoming or being made perfect.
PERFECTIBLE
PERFECT'IBLE, adjective Capable of becoming or being made perfect, or of arriving at the utmost perfection of the species.
PERFECTING
PER'FECTING, participle present tense Finishing; completing; consummating.
PERFECTION
PERFEC'TION, noun [Latin perfectio.] The state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; as perfection in an art or science; perfection in a system of ...
PERFECTIONAL
PERFEC'TIONAL, adjective Made complete.
PERFECTIONATE
PERFEC'TIONATE, used by Dryden and Tooke, in lieu of the verb to perfect, is a useless word.
PERFECTIONIST
PERFEC'TIONIST, noun One pretending to perfection; an enthusiast in religion.
PERFECTIVE
PERFECT'IVE, adjective Conducing to make perfect or bring to perfection; followed by of.Praise and adoration are actions perfective of the soul.