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self-perfect

self-perfect verb: to perfect itself; to make itself perfect.

Verb

self-perfect (third-person singular simple present self-perfects, present participle self-perfecting, simple past and past participle self-perfected)

  1. To perfect itself; to make itself perfect.
    • "Humanity self-perfects and will self-perfect."2014, Tristan Garcia, Form and Object: A Treatise on Things
    • "As one self-perfects (self-normalizes), the motivation to do evil diminishes, and the ease with which one does what is good increases."2001, M. C. Dillon, Beyond Romance

Forms of self-perfect

third-person singular presentself-perfects
present participleself-perfecting
past participleself-perfected
pastself-perfected

Origin of self-perfect

From self- + perfect.

Questions about self-perfect

What does self-perfect mean?
Self-perfect means to perfect itself; to make itself perfect.
What part of speech is self-perfect?
Self-perfect is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-perfect?
The past tense of self-perfect is self-perfected.

Words near self-perfect in the dictionary

  1. self-parody
  2. self-partiality
  3. self-partnered
  4. self-perception
  5. self-perceptions
  6. self-perfect
  7. self-perfected
  8. self-perfecting
  9. self-perfects
  10. self-perpetuating
  11. self-perpetuation

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