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self-perfecting

self-perfecting is the present participle and gerund of self-perfect.

Meaning of self-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

Questions about self-perfecting

What is self-perfecting the present participle and gerund of?
Self-perfecting is the present participle and gerund of self-perfect.

Words near self-perfecting in the dictionary

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

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