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perfectioning

perfectioning is the present participle and gerund of perfection.

Meaning of perfection

Verb

perfection (third-person singular simple present perfections, present participle perfectioning, simple past and past participle perfectioned)

  1. (nonstandard, transitive, uncommon) To perfect.
    • 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, […], →OCLC, Act I, page 10

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Questions about perfectioning

What is perfectioning the present participle and gerund of?
Perfectioning is the present participle and gerund of perfection.

Words near perfectioning in the dictionary

  1. perfectionate
  2. perfectionated
  3. perfectionates
  4. perfectionating
  5. perfectioned
  6. perfectioning
  7. perfectionism
  8. perfectionisms
  9. perfectionist
  10. perfectionistic
  11. perfectionistically

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