PERFECTIVELY
PERFECT'IVELY, adverb In a manner that brings to perfection.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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PERFECTLY
PER'FECTLY, adverb In the highest degree of excellence.1. Totally; completely; as work perfectly executed or performed; a thing perfectly new.2. Exactly; accurately; as a propos...
PERFECTNESS
PER'FECTNESS, noun Completeness; consummate excellence; perfection.1. The highest degree of goodness or holiness of which man is capable in this life.And above all things put on...
PERFICIENT
PERFI'CIENT, noun [Latin perficiens.] One who endows a charity.
PERFIDIOUS
PERFID'IOUS, adjective [Latin perfidus; per and fidus, faithful. Per in this word signifies through, beyond, or by, aside.]1. Violating good faith or vows; false to trust or con...
PERFIDIOUSLY
PERFID'IOUSLY, adverb Treacherously; traitorously; by breach of faith or allegiance.
PERFIDIOUSNESS
PERFID'IOUSNESS, noun The quality of being perfidious; treachery; traitorousness; breach of faith, of vows or allegiance.
PERFIDY
PER'FIDY, noun [Latin perfidia; per and fides, faith.] The act of violating faith, a promise, vow or allegiance; treachery; the violation of a trust reposed. perfidy is not appl...
PERFLATE
PERFLA'TE, verb intransitive [Latin perflo; per and flo, to blow.] To blow through.
PERFLATION
PERFLA'TION, noun The act of blowing through.
PERFOLIATE
PERFO'LIATE, adjective [Latin per and folium, a leaf.] In botany, a perfoliate or perforated leaf, is one that has the base entirely surrounding the stem transversely.
PERFORATE
PER'FORATE, verb transitive [Latin perforo; per and foro; Eng. to bore.]1. To bore through.2. To pierce with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through any thing by b...
PERFORATED
PER'FORATED, participle passive Bored or pierced through; pierced.
PERFORATING
PER'FORATING, participle present tense Boring or piercing through; piercing.
PERFORATION
PERFORA'TION, noun The act of boring or piercing through.1. A hole or aperture passing through any thing, or into the interior of a substance, whether natural or made by an inst...
PERFORATIVE
PER'FORATIVE, adjective Having power to pierce; as an instrument.
PERFORATOR
PER'FORATOR, noun An instrument that bores or perforates.
PERFORCE
PERFORCE, adverb [per and force.] By force or violence.
PERFORM
PERFORM', verb transitive [Latin per and formo, to make.]1. To do; to execute; to accomplish; as, to perform two days' labor in one day; to perform a noble deed or achievement.2...
PERFORMABLE
PERFORM'ABLE, adjective That may be done, executed or fulfilled; practicable.
PERFORMANCE
PERFORM'ANCE, noun Execution or completion of any thing; a doing; as the performance of work or of an undertaking; the performance of duty.1. Action; deed; thing done.2. The act...
PERFORMED
PERFORM'ED, participle passive Done; executed; discharged.
PERFORMER
PERFORM'ER, noun One that performs any thing, particularly in an art; as a good performer on the violin or organ; a celebrated performer in comedy or tragedy, or in the circus.
PERFORMING
PERFORM'ING, participle present tense Doing; executing; accomplishing.PERFORM'ING, noun Act done; deed; act of executing.
PERFUMATORY
PERFU'MATORY, adjective [from perfume.] That perfumes.
PERFUME
PERFU'ME, noun [Latin per and fumus, smoke, or fumo, to fumigate.]1. A substance that emits a scent or odor which affects agreeably the organs of smelling, as musk, civet, spice...
PERFUMED
PERFU'MED, participle passive Scented; impregnated with fragrant odors.