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perfectionate

perfectionate verb: to make perfect or complete; to perfect.

Verb

perfectionate (third-person singular simple present perfectionates, present participle perfectionating, simple past and past participle perfectionated)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To make perfect or complete; to perfect.
    • [P]ainters and sculptors, cjoosing the most elegant natural beauties, perfectionate the idea, and advance their art above Nature itself in her individual productions; which is the utmost mastery of human performance.1695, John Dryden, Parallel of Poetry and Painting
    • ‘I agree with you,’ replied the stranger; ‘we are unfashioned creatures, but half made up, if one wiser, better, dearer than ourselves—such a friend ought to be—do not lend his aid to perfectionate our weak and faulty natures.’1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington...

Forms of perfectionate

third-person singular presentperfectionates
present participleperfectionating
past participleperfectionated
pastperfectionated

Origin of perfectionate

Borrowed from Middle French perfectionner (with common translation of French -er to English -ate; as in assassinate). Equivalent to perfection + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about perfectionate

What does perfectionate mean?
Perfectionate means to make perfect or complete; to perfect.
What part of speech is perfectionate?
Perfectionate is a verb.
What is the past tense of perfectionate?
The past tense of perfectionate is perfectionated.

Words near perfectionate in the dictionary

  1. perfection
  2. perfection is the enemy of good
  3. perfection salad
  4. perfection salads
  5. perfectional
  6. perfectionate
  7. perfectionated
  8. perfectionates
  9. perfectionating
  10. perfectioned
  11. perfectioning

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