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[Sp., = F. perdu, lost: see perdu.] A desperate man. Davies. The Duke of Mon mouth, with his party of Per didos , had a game to play which would not shew in quiet times. Roger North , Examen, p. 475. perdiet, interj. See pardy. perdifoil (per'di-foil), n. [Irreg. The pa ion-flower of America and the jasmine of Malabar, which are evergreens in their native climates, become perdifoils when transplanted into Britain. J. Barton . perditelyt, adv . [ perdite ( perditus , lost: see perdition ) +-ly2.] In an abandoned manner; disgracefully. I A you sand times had rather wish to die, Than perditly to affect one base and vile. Heywood, Dialogues, ii. perdition (per-dish'on), n. [ Certain tidings... importing the mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. Shak ., Othello, ii. 2. 3. Perdition Take me for ever, if in my fell anger I do not out-do all example! Fletcher, Bonduc a, iii. 5. Free revellings, carnivals, and balls, which are the per dition of precious hours. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 183. 2. The condition of the lost; the future state of the wicked; hell. IMG:content-2671.png:[blocks in formation] Cables of perdurable toughne . Shak ., Othello, i. 3. 343. We shall be able to discover that the body is scarce an e ential part of man, and that the material and perishing perdurable . substance can never comprehend what is immaterial Evelyn, True Religion, I. 248. True being is one, unchangeable and perdurable . Adams on, Fichte, p. 208. Bridget stood perdue within, with her finger and thumb upon the latch. Sterne , Tristram Shandy, ix. 16. Perdue he couched, counted out hour by hour Till he should spy in the east a signal streak - Night had been, morrow was, triumph would be. To watch a fellow that has wrong'd my mistre - A scurvy fellow that must pa this way. Beau. and Fl ., Little French Lawyer, ii. 3. Another night would tire a perdu , More than a wet furrow, and a great frost. To be opposed against the warring winds? With this thin helm? Thilke same symple forme of man that is perdurablely in the dyvyne thoght. Chaucer, Boëthius, v. prose 4. perdurably (per'du-ra-bli), adv . [ durablely , per dura billy ; perdurable + -ly2 .] In a perdurable manner; lastingly; everlastingly. Where regneth the Fader and the Sone, lo! And the Holy Gost in heuyns full hy, And Shall for euer per dura billy . perduration (per-du-rā'shon), n . [= Pg. per- duração , * perdu ratio ( n- ), perdu ratus , endure, continue: see perdure .] Long continuance. perdure (per-dūr'), v . i.; pret. and pp. perdured , ppr. perduring . [OF. perdurer , pardurer = It. perdu rare , perdu rare , last, hold out, endure, continue, LL. also make hard, per , through, + durare , last, also make hard: see dure . Cf.en- dure.] To last for all time or for a very long time; endure or continue long, or forever. But the mind perdures while its energizing may construct a you sand lines. Hickok , Mental Philos. (1854), p. 76. perdyt, interj . See pardy . 2. One who is morally lost or abandoned. Drunkards, spew'd out of taverns into th' sinks Of tap-houses and stews, revolts from manhood, Debauch'd perdus . Chapman , Widow's Tears, ii. 1. pere2t, v. i. A Middle English form of peer1 . pere3t, n. A Middle English form of peer2 . peregalt (per'ē-gal), a . and n. Same as pare- Come sweating in a breast of mutton, stuff'd With pudding, or strut in some aged carpe; Either doth serve, I think. As for perdues , Some choice sous'd fish brought couchant in a dish Among some fennell, or some other gra e, But yow men semeth to geten yow a perdurablete whan ye thinken that in tyme to comynge youre fame shal lasten. Chaucer , Boëthius, ii. prose 7. Mr. Fiske believes in the soul and in its perdurability . Presbyterian Rev. , April, 1886, p. 401. perdurable (per'dū-ra-bl), a . [ perdura- ble , perdurable , par durable , F. perdurable = Pr. Sp. perdurable =Pg. perdu ravel = It. per- durabile , ML. * perdu rabi lis , lasting, per- durare , last, hold out: see perdure .] Lasting; continuing iong; everlasting; imperishable. peregratet, v . t . See per a grate . peregrint, a . and n . A Middle English form of peregrine. peregrinate (per'ē-gri-nāt), v. i.; pret. and pp. peregrinated , ppr. peregrinating . nat us , pp. of peregrinari , travel (> It. peregri- nare, pel leg rin are = Sp. Pg. peregrinar = F. pé- régriner ), peregrin us , foreign: see peregrine .] 1. To travel from place to place, or from one country to another.-21. To sojourn or live in a foreign country. Bailey . peregrinate (per'e-gri-nāt), a . [ peregri- nat us , pp. of peregrinari : see peregrinate , v.] Foreign; traveled; of foreign birth or manners. [Obsolete or archaic.] He is too picked, too spruce, too affected, too odd, as it IMG:content-2672.jpg:[blocks in formation] Brave birds they were, whose quick-self-le ning kin Still won the girlonds from the peregrin. W. Browne, Britannia's Pastorals, ii. 23. ( Hall i well .) Thou shalt see My grayhounds fleeting like a beam of light, And hear my peregrine and her bells in heaven. peregrinoid (per'e-gri-noid), a. [ peregrine + -oid.] Resembling a peregrine: specifically noting an African falcon, Falco minor. pereion (pe-ri'on), n.; pl. pereia (-a). [NL., irreg. περιίων , ppr. of περιέναι , go about, tace a , the thorax: dis- tinguished from cepha- lon (head) and pleon (abdomen). C. Spence IMG:content-2673.jpg:[graphic] peregrination (per"ē-gri-nā'shon), n. [= OF. peregrination , F. pérégrin at i on = Sp. peregrin a- cion = Pr. peregrin a cio , pele grin a cio =Pg. pere- Bate , Encyc. Brit., VI. grin ação = It. peregrin azione , pel leg rin azione , 634. L. peregrinatio ( n- ), peregrinari , pp. peregri- pereiopod (pe-ri'ō- nat us , travel: see peregrinate , v.] A traveling pod), n. [NL. pere i- from one country or place to another; a roam- ing or wandering about in general; travel; pil- IMG:content-2674.png:[blocks in formation] dage of the pereion; one of the true thora- cic limbs or legs of a crustacean. They are the typical ambulatory or walking members (though they may be modified for swimming or for prehen- a , pereion, bearing five pairs of sion), intervening between the maxillipeds or foot-jaws pereiopods; 6, pleon; c , modified and the pleopods or abdompleopods, forming the tail-fin. inal limbs, which latter are usually natatory. Pereion and Pleon of Muni dops is curvirostris. nial.] I.t trans. To continue to prolong indefi- nitely; renew. Money Masters all Things (1698), p. 16. II. in trans. In bot . , to live perennially. Properly to understand perennation the perennating portions must be examined at all periods of the resting season as well as when they are starting anew into vegeta- Nature , XXXIX. 188. tive activity. perennation (per-e-na's hon), n . [ -ion .] Perennial or indefinite existence; spe- cifically, in bot . , the perennial continuance of peremptorine (per'emp-to-ri-nes), n. Per- emptory, authoritative, or dogmatic character; positivene ; absolutene ; dogmatism: as, the peremptorine of a command or of a creed. peremptory (per'emp-to-ri), a. and n. [ péremptoire = Sp. perentorio = Pg. peremptorio = It. perentorio , LL. per empt or i us , peremtorius , destructive, decisive, per empt or , a destroyer, per empt us , destroy: see per- empt.] I. a. 1. That precludes or does not admit of debate, question, or expostulation; hence, expre ; authoritative; positive; abso- lute: as, a peremptory command or call. My customs are as peremptory As wrathful planets, death, or destiny. Marlowe , Tamburlaine, I., v. 2. We will suddenly To-morrow be in readine to go. Excuse it not, for I am peremptory . IMG:content-2675.png:[ocr errors] ennel = Sp. Pg. pe Sp. Pg. perenne = F. pérenne ), • pérenne ), lasting the year through, lasting long, continual, everlasting, per , through, + ann us , year: see annual . Cf. biennial, etc.] I. a. 1. Lasting or continuing without ce ation through the year, or through many years: as, a perennial spring or fountain. -2. Continuing without stop or intermi ion; perpetual; unceasing; never-failing; ever last- ing. There is a perennial noblene , and even sacredne , in Carlyle , Past and Present, iii. 11. 3. In zoöl ., growing continually: noting teeth which have the pulp-cavity open, and grow indefinitely from persistent pulps: as, the per- ennial incisors of a rodent.-4. In bot . , con- tinuing more than two years: as, a perennial stem or root.-5. In entom ., forming colonies which are continued from year to year, as the ants, bees, and termites; also, living more than one year, as an insect.=Syn. 2. Unfailing, endur- ing, permanent, constant, abiding, lasting, undying, im- perishable, deathle , immortal. She allwais loued me with hert par fight , And the dede thereof shewid she to ryght. Rom. of Partenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3994. It cannot be without some great worke of God, thus in the old and decrepit Age of the World, to let it haue more perfect knowledge of it selfe. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 48. There is no such thing as perfect transparency or perfect opacity. Tyndall , Light and Elect., p. 13. II. n. In bot . , a plant which lives and blos- soms or fructifies year after year. Such plants may or may not have perennial roots. In trees and shrubs and herbs with growth from year to year from a strong tap- root the root is naturally perennial; but in most peren-lant as oppose nials with only fibrous roots the roots are produced anew from time to time or from year to year. The division of plants into annuals, biennials, and perennials, according to the duration of their roots, is liable to vary under the influence of different circumstances. An annual plant in a northern climate may become a biennial or even a per- ennial in a warm climate, while, on the other hand, the perennials of warm climates often become annuals when transplanted to northern climates. perennially (pe-ren'i-al-i), adv . So as to be perennial; continually; without ceasing. bot . , having stems which are perennial, or which live and fructify from year to year. perennibranch (pe-ren'i-brangk), a. and n. [ branch iæ , gills.] I. a . Having perennial branch iæ; retaining gills permanently; of or pertaining to the Perenni- branch i at a . II. n. A member of the Perennibranch i at a . Also perennibranch i ate . Perennibranch i a (pe-ren-i-brang'ki-ä), n. pl. [NL., perennis , perennial, + branch iæ, gills.] Same as Perennibranch i at a . Perennibranch i at a (pe-ren-i-brang-ki-āʼtä), n. pl . [NL., neut. pl. of perennibranch i at us : see perennibranch i ate .] A division of urodele am- phibians, comprising those whose gills are per- manently retained. It embraces the sirenids, proteids, and amphiumids, and is opposed to Caducibranchiata, 3. In bot . , having both stamens and pistils; hermaphrodite: said of a flower, also of a whole plant, as opposed to monacious , diæcio us , etc. -4. Without blemish or defect; lacking in no- thing; of the best, highest, best, highest, or most complete type; exact or unquestionable in every particu- lar: as, a perfect likene ; one perfect but many imperfect specimens; a perfect face; specifi- cally, complete in moral excellence; entirely good. The secunde Day next aftre Men funden a Brid quyk and perfyt . Mandeville , Travels, p. 48. Three glorious suns, each one a perfect sun. Shak., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 1. 26. Be ye therefore perfect , even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect . Mat. v. 48. What faces and what postures he puts on! I do not think he is perfect . IMG:content-2676.png:[blocks in formation] which includes almost all the other urodeles, such as the salamanders, newts, etc. Also called Manent i branchia . perennibranch i ate (pe-ren-i-brang'ki-at), a. and n. [ perennibranch i at us , branch iæ , gills.] Same as peren- nibranch . perennityt (pe-ren'i-ti), n . [F. pérennité , OF. perennite = Sp. perennidad = Pg.perennidade = II.t n. A peremptory order. For others they have stood as peremptories , but to him It. perennità , perennita ( t- ) s , perennial du- ration, perennis , perennial: see perennial .] An enduring or continuing through the whole year without ceasing. That springs have their origine from the sea and not from rains and vapours, among many other strong reasons I conclude from the perennity of divers springs, which always afford the same quantity of water. per err at i on (per-e-ra's hon), n. [L. per err are , pp. per err at us , wander through, per , through, + errare , wander: see err .] A wandering or rambling through various places. After a long per err at i on to and fro, to return as wise as Howell , Forreine Travell, p. 67. they went. Pereskia (pē-res'ki-ä), n. [NL. (Plumier, 1703), after N. C. F. de Peiresc (1580-1637) of Aix in Provence, author of numerous scientific and Thou art perfect , then, our ship hath touch'd upon The deserts of Bohemia? Shak., W. T., iii. 3. 1. 9. Entire; out and out; utter; very great: as, a perfect horror of serpents; a perfect shower of brickbats met them; a perfect stranger. [Col- loq.] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary 1 perfect (b) Of a chord, cadence, or period, complete; fully satisfactory. Thus, a perfect chord or triad is a triad, major or minor, in its original position; a perfect cadence is a simple authentic or plagal cadence; and a perfect period is one that is fully balanced or filled out. (c) In medieval music, of rhythm, time, or measure, triple. See measure, 12. - Most perfect ens. See ens. Perfect being, the being whose e ence in 4392 of arriving at perfection in this life, whether a general perfection of the human faculties or Christian perfection. It is even po ible... that if Clifford, in his foregoing life, had enjoyed the means of cultivating his taste to its utmost perfectibility , that subtle attribute might, before this period, have completely eaten out or filed away his affections. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, vii. volvexistence Perfect cadence concord: perfectible (per-fek'ti-bl), a. [= F. perfectible = Pg. perfectivel = nition which perfectly explains the e ence of a thing by its e ential attributes. - Perfect demonstration, a demonstration that not only shows that a fact is so, but also why it must be so. - Perfect elasticity, ensemble, fifth, flower, fluid, fourth, etc. See the nouns.- Perfect insect, the imago or completely developed form of an insect, whether winged or wingle . - Perfect metals. Same as noble metals (which see, under metal ). - Perfect metamorphosis, in entom., a metamorphosis in which there is a well-marked pupa stage between the larva and n. Same as perfecting -pre . [British.] the imago. Also called complete metamorphosis. See cut perfecting-pre (per-fek'ting-pres), n. In under Orgyia.- Perfect note. See notc. - Perfect number, a number that is equal to the sum of all its divisors or aliquot parts, as 28 (= 1+2+4+7+14). - Perfect octave. See octave, 2. - Perfect proposition, a categorical proposition.- Perfect speech, a speech that makes complete sense. It. per fett i bile , fectibilis (?), perfect us , perfect: see perfect .] Capable of becoming or being made perfect, or of arriving at the utmost perfection po ible. perfecting (per-fek'ting), n. [Verbal n. of per fect , v.] Printing on both sides. perfecting-machine (per-fek'ting-ma-shēn"), Speech is either perfect or imperfect. Perfect is that that absolves the sentence. Burgersdicius , tr. by a Gentleman, i. 24. Perfect syllogism, a syllogism from which no part has been omitted. - Perfect tense, in gram., a tense expre ing completed time, or a variety of past time involving some reference to the present: instanced by I have done, and the like. The same word is added to the titles of other tenses when a like implication is made: thus, I shall have done, future perfect; I should have done, conditional perfect; and so on. - Perfect yellow. See yellow. - Το make perfect, in printing, to print on both sides. =Syn. 4. Faultle , blamele , unblemished, holy. Histor Ingram, the perfect tense. See above. perfect (per'fekt or per-fekt'), v. t. [Early -Historical perfect. See historical, 4. mod. E. also perfit; = It. per fett are; from the adj.] 1. To finish or complete so as to leave nothing wanting; bring to completion or perfection: as, to perfect a picture or a statue. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 1 John iv. 12. It is the duty of art to perfect and exalt nature. Bacon , Advancement of Learning, ii. 214. Exact Reformation is not perfited at the first push. Milton , Reformation in Eng., i. \ I pray certify me, by the next occasion, what the wine cost for the common use, and if you have laid out any more in that kind, that I may perfect my account. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 446. But a night there is Betwixt me and the perfecting of bli ! William Morris , Earthly Paradise, III. 313. That you may well perceive I have not wrong'd you, One of the greatest in the Christian world Shall be my surety; 'fore whose throne 'tis needful, Ere I can perfect mine intents, to kneel. Shak., All's Well, iv. 4. 4. 2. To make perfect; instruct fully; make fully informed or skilled: as, to perfect one's self in the principles of architecture; to perfect soldiers in discipline. Euery man taking charge may be well taught, per fited, and readily instructed in all the premi es. Hakluyt's Voyages, I. 262. Whence might this distaste arise? Be at least so kind to perfect me in that. Webster and Rowley , Cure for a Cuckold, i. 1. To perfect bail. See bail2. =Syn. 1. To accomplish, consummate. perfectation (per-fek-tā'shon), n. [ Does it not appear as if the very influence which we pointed out in the last chapter, as rendering the per fectation of the race feasible, must have a distinctively antagonistic operation? W. R. Greg. perfecter (per'fek-tėr or pėr-fek'ter), n. [ Let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith. Heb. xii. 2 (revised version). Perfecti (per-fek'ti), n. pl. [ML., pl. of L. per fectus, perfect: see perfect, a.] A body of Catharists in the twelfth and thirteenth cen turies, who a umed the name on account of the strictne of their lives.