perfitt, perfitet

Old forms of perfect. perfixt (per-fiks'), v. t. [Appar. an error for prefix, in sense of 'pre-appoint.'] To fix; settle; appoint. Take heed, as you are gentlemen, this quarrel Sleep till the hour perfixt . Fletcher (and another ), Two Noble Kinsmen, iii. 7. balanced contrivance. perficient (per-fish'ent), a . and n. [= Sp. Pg. It. perficiente , perficien (t-)8, ppr. of per- ficere , finish, complete, achieve: see perfect .] I. a. Effectual; actual. The endower [is] the perficient founder of all eleemosy Black stone , Com., I. xviii. nary [corporations.] IMG:content-2680.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Proceeding from or characterized by perfidy or base treachery; false: as, a perfidious act. =Syn. 1. Unfaithful, Faithle , Treacherous, Perfidious, Unfaithful represents negatively the meaning that is com mon to these words, but it especially means a lack of fidelity to trust or duty, a failure to perform what is due, however much may be implied in that. Faithle is negative in form, but positive in sense; the faithle man does something which is a breach of faith; the sleeping senti nel is unfaithful; the deserter is faithle . Treachery and perfidy are kinds of faithle ne . The treacherous man either betrays the confidence that is reposed in him, or lures another on to harm by deceitful appearances: as, the treacherous signals of the wrecker. The perfidious man carries treachery to the basest extreme; he betrays acknowledged and accepted obligations, and even the most sacred relationships and claims: as, Benedict Arnold and Judas are types of perfidy. But make it high, on everie half perflable . Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 37. perflatet (per-flat'), v. t. [ per flatus , pp. of per flare , blow through, per , through, + flare , blow: see flatus . Cf. inflate .] To blow through. If eastern winds did perflate our climates more frequently, they would clarify and refresh our our air. Harvey . perflationt (per-fla's hon), n. [F. per flat i on , perflatio ( n- ), a blowing through, per flare , pp. per flatus , blow through: see perflate .] The act of blowing through. Miners, by per flat ions with large bellows, give motion to the air, which ventilates and cools the mines. Woodward. That (barn] was so contrived as, by perpetual per flat i on , to prevent the mow from heating. A Journey, etc., quoted in Hall's Mod. Eng., p. 205. IMG:content-2681.png:[blocks in formation] also cut under connate. His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true. Votaries of busine and of pleasure prove Faithle alike in friendship and in love. Cowper, Verses from Valediction. If King Edward be as true and just As I am subtle, false, and treacherous . Shak., Rich. III., 1. 1. 37. Conscious of great powers and great virtues, he [Burke] found himself, in age and poverty, a mark for the hatred of a perfidious court and a deluded people. Macaulay , Warren Hastings. perfidiously (per-fid'i-us-li), adv . In a perfidious manner; with perfidy; treacherously; traitorously. Thou 'ast broke perfidiously thy oath, And not performed thy plighted troth. S. Butler, Hudibras, III. i. 257. perfidiousne (per-fid'i-us-nes), n. The character of being perfidious; treachery; traitorousne ; faithle ne . There needs no Pope to dispense with the Peoples Oath, the Kings themselves by their own perfidiousne having absolved their Subjects. Milton , Answer to Salmasius. perfidy (per'fi-di), n. [F. perfidie = Sp. Pg. It. perfidia , perfidia , perfidy, perfidus (> It. Pg . perfido = Sp. pérfido = F. perfide ), faithle , per , from, + fides , faith: see faith .] Breach of faith or trust; base treachery; faithle ne . the fingers: so called because their tendons perforate the tendons of the perforatus muscles near the points of insertion.