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perfectionize

perfectionize verb: to bring to perfection; to perfect.

Verb

perfectionize (third-person singular simple present perfectionizes, present participle perfectionizing, simple past and past participle perfectionized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To bring to perfection; to perfect.
    • A solitary life is not the atmosphere to perfectionize any virtue.1854, Harriet Parr, Maude Talbot, by Holme Lee, volume 2, page 106
    • After having made the first 4-5 bird sculptures the urge to perfectionize your sculptures will rapidly make itself felt.1985, Harry Hjortaa, How to Draw and Carve Birds, page 73
  2. (intransitive) To be a perfectionist.
    • Don't obsess or perfectionize! The reality check is just that, and you have to get out there and get started.2011, Arizona Center for Innovation, The Incubation Workbook, page 102

Forms of perfectionize

third-person singular presentperfectionizes
present participleperfectionizing
past participleperfectionized
pastperfectionized

Origin of perfectionize

From perfection + -ize.

Questions about perfectionize

What does perfectionize mean?
Perfectionize means to bring to perfection; to perfect.
What part of speech is perfectionize?
Perfectionize is a verb.
What is the past tense of perfectionize?
The past tense of perfectionize is perfectionized.

Words near perfectionize in the dictionary

  1. perfectionist
  2. perfectionistic
  3. perfectionistically
  4. perfectionists
  5. perfectionitis
  6. perfectionize
  7. perfectionized
  8. perfectionizes
  9. perfectionizing
  10. perfectionless
  11. perfectionment

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